Child Poverty: % of Children Under 18 Living in Poverty
Current Value
12.1%
Definition
The percent of children under age 18 whose family income is equal to or below the federal poverty threshold.
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Data Discussion
Unless otherwise specified, any missing data is either because there are no individuals who identify with the race/ethnicity or the data is suppressed to protect privacy. The race/ethnicity groups included in the indicator are as written in the original data source.
Data Source
KidsCount: https://datacenter.aecf.org/data/tables/8538-child-poverty-status-by-raceloc=22&loct=5#detailed/5/3300-3323/false/2048,574,1729,37,871,870,573,869,36,868/4406,3303,3304,2161,3305,3306,3307,3301,4551/17225,17226