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1 child in 6 lives in poverty compared to 1 in 8 adults. That’s 11.9 million impoverished children in the U.S.
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Children in the U.S. experience higher poverty rates than most developed nations.
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Today, the poverty line for a family of 4 is about $26K – half the income needed for basic financial security.
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Food insecurity has lasting effects like low reading & math scores, & more physical & mental health problems.
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In 2017, 40 million people struggled with hunger in the United States.
1 child in every 7 will be born
into poverty in the United States.
Students from 16 to 24 years old from low-income families are 7x more likely to drop out than more well-off peers.
Almost 40% of American children spend at least 1 year in poverty before they turn 18.
Between 2012 and 2014, federal spending fell for childrens’ education, nutrition, social services and early education and care. The government spends just 10% of the national budget on children — a fraction of what other developed countries spend.
the top 3 states with the
HIGHEST RATES
of child poverty
(Based on 2014 census data and presented by the National Center for Children in Poverty.)
These 8 states have the highest rates of food insecurity across the U.S.: Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico, Arkansas, Kentucky, Maine and Oklahoma.
Arkansas is ranked 44th of 51 (states and Washington D.C.) in terms of child poverty. But that’s where Children International works.
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Source
- Dosomething.org, 11 Facts About Hunger in the US
- Children'sDefense.org, Child Poverty in America 2017: State Analysis, September 13, 2018
- 2020 Poverty Guidelines, January 21, 2020
- ChildrensDefense.org, New Census Data Reveals Continued Child Poverty Crisis in America, September 10, 2019
- The Population of Poverty USA,
