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2. Poverty in the United States: 2023 - Census.gov

   www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-283.html

   The SPM child poverty rate increased 1.3 percentage points to 13.7 percent in 2023 (Figure 4 and Table B-3). Social Security continues to be the largest anti-poverty program, moving 27.6 million individuals out of SPM poverty in 2023 (Figure 10 and Table B-7).

3. Why the Child Poverty Rate in the U.S. More Than Doubled - TIME

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   In 2021, 5.2% of children were living in poverty. In 2022 that figure was 12.4%, or about 9 million children. This hike was part of a wider rise in poverty recorded by the Census, some of...

4. Child Poverty Fell to Record Low 5.2% in 2021 - Census.gov

   www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/09/record-drop-in-child-poverty.html

   Child poverty, calculated by the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), fell to its lowest recorded level in 2021, declining 46% from 9.7% in 2020 to 5.2% in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.

5. Child poverty skyrockets a year after record low, Census data...

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   Just a year ago, child poverty hit a historic low of 5.2%. The latest figures put it at 12.4%, the same as the overall poverty rate. The surge happened as record inflation was rising and a...

6. Effects of poverty, hunger and homelessness on children and youth

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   Learn about the effects of youth poverty on academic achievement, psychosocial outcomes and physical health, as well as the prevalence of child hunger in the U.S.

7. US poverty rate jumped in 2022, child poverty more than doubled:...

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   The poverty rate among children saw a sizeable increase, more than doubling from 5.2% in 2021 to 12.4% last year, census data shows. The increase in the child poverty rate comes after the child tax credit expansion ended on Dec. 31, 2021.

8. Child poverty statistics in the U.S. - The Annie E. Casey...

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   Currently, 16% of all children in the United States — 11.4 million kids total — are living in poverty. A family of four with annual earnings below $30,900 is considered poor. In the last decade, the percentage of U.S. children in poverty peaked at 23% in 2012, and fell to 16% 2023.

9. Fact Sheet: U.S. Child Poverty Has Significantly Increased

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   On September 12, 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the United States saw a significant increase in child poverty, with 12.4 percent of children (nearly 9 million children) living in poverty in 2022 compared with 5.2% of children (3.8 million) in 2021.

10. U.S. Poverty Rate Varies by Age Groups - Census.gov

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    The ACS shows that in 2022 the child (people under age 18) poverty rate was 16.3%, 3.7 percentage points higher than the overall rate. But the poverty rate among those age 65 and over was 10.9%, 1.6 percentage points lower than the overall rate. The poverty rate for those ages 18 to 64 was 11.7%.

11. How the U.S. Lifted Children Out of Poverty and Then Threw Them...

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    After the expanded child tax credit expired, America’s child poverty rate doubled. Why was that policy so successful, and what can be done to fill the gap?