Amount of Children Continuing to Be in Poverty

Thomas C. Frohlich

Close to 13 million children residing in the United States live in families with incomes below the federal poverty line, a threshold shown to underestimate the financial needs of American households. Here are 25 facts of life the federal poverty rate completely ignores.

Even in countries that are not the world's richest, high levels of child poverty are shameful and frequently lead to bad outcomes for a society. In the United States, although child poverty has dropped by half over the past 50 years, the current level remains a serious problem.

Certain factors and circumstances may help keep children out of poverty, while others may push them into poverty. For example, refundable tax credits helped prevent millions of families with children from falling into poverty, while medical care costs and health insurance premiums resulted in more families with children falling into poverty. Here at 15 states where poverty is worse than you think.

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24/7 Wall St. reviewed data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2018 American Community Survey. Childhood poverty refers to the share of children under the age of 18 living in households with incomes below the poverty threshold. The poverty threshold varies by family size and composition. In 2018, the Census Bureau poverty threshold for a family of three with one child under 18 years old was $20,212.

1. Alabama

Children in poverty: 255,186 (16th most)
Child poverty rate: 23.8% (6th highest)
State poverty rate: 16.8% (7th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.1% (6th highest)

2. Alaska

Children in poverty: 25,327 (4th least)
Child poverty rate: 14.1% (18th lowest)
State poverty rate: 10.9% (13th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.9% (21st lowest)

3. Arizona

Children in poverty: 324,622 (12th most)
Child poverty rate: 20.1% (14th highest)
State poverty rate: 14% (15th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.9% (17th highest)

4. Arkansas

Children in poverty: 170,769 (25th most)
Child poverty rate: 24.7% (4th highest)
State poverty rate: 17.2% (5th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.4% (10th highest)

5. California

Children in poverty: 1,541,067 (2nd most)
Child poverty rate: 17.4% (24th highest)
State poverty rate: 12.8% (25th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.4% (24th highest)

6. Colorado

Children in poverty: 149,487 (22nd least)
Child poverty rate: 11.9% (7th lowest)
State poverty rate: 9.6% (6th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.6% (10th lowest)

7. Connecticut

Children in poverty: 102,083 (17th least)
Child poverty rate: 14.1% (17th lowest)
State poverty rate: 10.4% (10th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.6% (10th lowest)

8. Delaware

Children in poverty: 37,283 (11th least)
Child poverty rate: 18.7% (18th highest)
State poverty rate: 12.5% (24th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3% (22nd lowest)

9. Florida

Children in poverty: 819,256 (3rd most)
Child poverty rate: 19.7% (15th highest)
State poverty rate: 13.6% (18th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.8% (18th highest)

10. Georgia

Children in poverty: 504,745 (5th most)
Child poverty rate: 20.5% (12th highest)
State poverty rate: 14.3% (12th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.5% (8th highest)

11. Hawaii

Children in poverty: 35,368 (8th least)
Child poverty rate: 11.9% (6th lowest)
State poverty rate: 8.8% (2nd lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.7% (13th lowest)

12. Idaho

Children in poverty: 62,855 (13th least)
Child poverty rate: 14.3% (19th lowest)
State poverty rate: 11.8% (20th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)

13. Illinois

Children in poverty: 456,926 (7th most)
Child poverty rate: 16.2% (24th lowest)
State poverty rate: 12.1% (22nd lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.3% (25th highest)

14. Indiana

Children in poverty: 275,370 (14th most)
Child poverty rate: 18% (22nd highest)
State poverty rate: 13.1% (20th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.8% (18th highest)

15. Iowa

Children in poverty: 97,222 (16th least)
Child poverty rate: 13.5% (12th lowest)
State poverty rate: 11.2% (18th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.7% (13th lowest)

16. Kansas

Children in poverty: 103,210 (18th least)
Child poverty rate: 14.9% (21st lowest)
State poverty rate: 12% (21st lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)

17. Kentucky

Children in poverty: 225,710 (20th most)
Child poverty rate: 23% (7th highest)
State poverty rate: 16.9% (6th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.5% (5th highest)

18. Louisiana

Children in poverty: 283,218 (13th most)
Child poverty rate: 26.2% (3rd highest)
State poverty rate: 18.6% (3rd highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.6% (3rd highest)

19. Maine

Children in poverty: 34,878 (7th least)
Child poverty rate: 14.5% (20th lowest)
State poverty rate: 11.6% (19th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.1% (23rd lowest)

20. Maryland

Children in poverty: 152,237 (24th least)
Child poverty rate: 11.6% (4th lowest)
State poverty rate: 9% (3rd lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.5% (7th lowest)

21. Massachusetts

Children in poverty: 163,788 (25th least)
Child poverty rate: 12.2% (9th lowest)
State poverty rate: 10% (8th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.7% (13th lowest)

22. Michigan

Children in poverty: 412,692 (10th most)
Child poverty rate: 19.4% (17th highest)
State poverty rate: 14.1% (13th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4% (13th highest

23. Minnesota

Children in poverty: 149,502 (23rd least)
Child poverty rate: 11.7% (5th lowest)
State poverty rate: 9.6% (7th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.1% (the lowest)

24. Mississippi

Children in poverty: 192,952 (23rd most)
Child poverty rate: 27.8% (the highest)
State poverty rate: 19.7% (the highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 6.5% (the highest)

25. Missouri

Children in poverty: 247,209 (18th most)
Child poverty rate: 18.3% (20th highest)
State poverty rate: 13.2% (19th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.5% (20th highest)

26. Montana

Children in poverty: 35,999 (9th least)
Child poverty rate: 16% (23rd lowest)
State poverty rate: 13% (22nd highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.9% (21st lowest)

27. Nebraska

Children in poverty: 60,110 (12th least)
Child poverty rate: 12.9% (11th lowest)
State poverty rate: 11% (15th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.5% (7th lowest)

28. Nevada

Children in poverty: 120,091 (19th least)
Child poverty rate: 17.7% (23rd highest)
State poverty rate: 12.9% (23rd highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.5% (20th highest)

29. New Hampshire

Children in poverty: 26,830 (5th least)
Child poverty rate: 10.6% (3rd lowest)
State poverty rate: 7.6% (the lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.2% (2nd lowest)

30. New Jersey

Children in poverty: 264,253 (15th most)
Child poverty rate: 13.7% (13th lowest)
State poverty rate: 9.5% (5th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)

31. New Mexico

Children in poverty: 124,024 (20th least)
Child poverty rate: 26.3% (2nd highest)
State poverty rate: 19.5% (2nd highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 6.4% (2nd highest)

32. New York

Children in poverty: 743,024 (4th most)
Child poverty rate: 18.6% (19th highest)
State poverty rate: 13.6% (17th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4% (13th highest)

33. North Carolina

Children in poverty: 455,971 (8th most)
Child poverty rate: 20.2% (13th highest)
State poverty rate: 14% (14th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4% (13th highest)

34. North Dakota

Children in poverty: 17,145 (2nd least)
Child poverty rate: 9.9% (2nd lowest)
State poverty rate: 10.7% (11th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.4% (4th lowest)

35. Ohio

Children in poverty: 495,616 (6th most)
Child poverty rate: 19.5% (16th highest)
State poverty rate: 13.9% (16th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4% (13th highest)

36. Oklahoma

Children in poverty: 202,779 (22nd most)
Child poverty rate: 21.7% (10th highest)
State poverty rate: 15.6% (8th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.6% (7th highest)

37. Oregon

Children in poverty: 134,383 (21st least)
Child poverty rate: 15.7% (22nd lowest)
State poverty rate: 12.6% (25th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.2% (24th lowest)

38. Pennsylvania

Children in poverty: 434,736 (9th most)
Child poverty rate: 16.8% (25th highest)
State poverty rate: 12.2% (23rd lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.5% (20th highest)

39. Rhode Island

Children in poverty: 36,135 (10th least)
Child poverty rate: 18% (21st highest)
State poverty rate: 12.9% (24th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.5% (20th highest)

40. South Carolina

Children in poverty: 245,821 (19th most)
Child poverty rate: 22.6% (8th highest)
State poverty rate: 15.3% (10th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.3% (11th highest)

41. South Dakota

Children in poverty: 34,201 (6th least)
Child poverty rate: 16.4% (25th lowest)
State poverty rate: 13.1% (21st highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.3% (25th highest)

42. Tennessee

Children in poverty: 330,998 (11th most)
Child poverty rate: 22.3% (9th highest)
State poverty rate: 15.3% (9th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.5% (8th highest)

43. Texas

Children in poverty: 1,545,362 (the most)
Child poverty rate: 21.1% (11th highest)
State poverty rate: 14.9% (11th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.2% (12th highest)

44. Utah

Children in poverty: 87,445 (15th least)
Child poverty rate: 9.5% (the lowest)
State poverty rate: 9% (4th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.3% (3rd lowest)

45. Vermont

Children in poverty: 13,712 (the least)
Child poverty rate: 12.1 % (8th lowest)
State poverty rate: 11% (14th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.9% (21st lowest)

46. Virginia

Children in poverty: 252,475 (17th most)
Child poverty rate: 13.7% (14th lowest)
State poverty rate: 10.7% (12th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)

47. Washington

Children in poverty: 204,470 (21st most)
Child poverty rate: 12.5% (10th lowest)
State poverty rate: 10.3% (9th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.5% (7th lowest)

48. West Virginia

Children in poverty: 86,713 (14th least)
Child poverty rate: 24.5 % (5th highest)
State poverty rate: 17.8% (4th highest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.6% (3rd highest)

49. Wisconsin

Children in poverty: 175,243 (24th most)
Child poverty rate: 14% (16th lowest)
State poverty rate: 11% (16th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.6% (10th lowest)

50. Wyoming

Children in poverty: 17,986 (3rd least)
Child poverty rate: 13.8% (15th lowest)
State poverty rate: 11.1% (17th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (18th lowest)

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Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/11/30/poor-children-how-many-kids-live-in-poverty-in-every-state-in-us/40649953/

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