Census: Nearly 1 in 5 Children in U.S. in Poverty

Census: Nearly 1 in 5 Children in U.S. in Poverty | Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Nearly one in five children in the United States lived in poverty
last year, with a much higher proportion of poverty among
African-American and Hispanic children, new U.S. Census figures released Tuesday show.


Overall, the number of children living in poverty declined slightly
from 21.8 percent of all children, or 16.07 million, in 2012 to 19.9
percent, or 14.66 million, in 2013, the new figures show.


Nearly 37 percent of African-American children and just over 30
percent of Hispanic children lived in poverty in 2013, determined by the
income of their household.

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Childhood poverty in Britain declined more than 50 percent during 1999-2009 while America’s child-poverty rate
rose by 20 percent during the same period.