--- title: ADHD in the U.S.: How Gender, Race and Income Affect ADD Diagnosis description: The latest report on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder shows higher risk by gender, race and family income canonical: https://time.com/3857689/adhd-hyperactivity/ author: Alice Park article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-14T04:01:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:10:43.619Z article:section: Health og:title: The Kids Most Likely to Have ADHD in the U.S. og:description: The latest report on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder shows higher risk by gender, race and family income og:url: https://time.com/3857689/adhd-hyperactivity/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Kids Most Likely to Have ADHD in the U.S. twitter:description: The latest report on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder shows higher risk by gender, race and family income twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Kids Most Likely to Have ADHD In the U.S. > Sponsored content. 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The diagnosis was more common among older children than in younger ones. Twice as many boys as girls were diagnosed, and more white children than any other race were told they had ADHD. Family income also seemed to contribute in some way; children on public insurance had the highest rates of ADHD at 11.7%, compared to those with private insurance (8.6%) and children without insurance (5.7%). More children from families with incomes less than 200% of the federal poverty line were diagnosed with the condition than those from families living at about that threshold. While the survey only showed a snapshot of the rates of ADHD broken down by gender, race and family income, the information could help public health officials better understand who is being diagnosed with the condition and potentially find better ways of providing support to those families, both in school and at home. “In view of the economic and social costs associated with ADHD and the potential benefits of treatment, the continue surveillance of diagnosed ADHD is warranted,” the report authors from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics write. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3857689/adhd-hyperactivity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3857689/adhd-hyperactivity/"},"headline":"The Kids Most Likely to Have ADHD In the U.S.","datePublished":"2015-05-14T04:01:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:10:43.619Z","description":"The latest report on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder shows higher risk by gender, race and family income","url":"https://time.com/3857689/adhd-hyperactivity/","keywords":["Developmental Disorders","child development","ADHD"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alice Park","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/alice-park/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/developmental-disorders/","name":"Developmental Disorders"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3857689/adhd-hyperactivity/","name":"The Kids Most Likely to Have ADHD In the U.S."}}]}] ```