In 2021, about 15.3 percent of children under 18-years-old were living below the poverty line in the United States. This is an improvement over the child poverty rate of 1990 which stood at 20.6 percent.
Child poverty rate in the U.S. from 1990 to 2021
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- District of Columbia - Poverty rate 2000-2021
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US Census Bureau. (September 13, 2022). Child poverty rate in the U.S. from 1990 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 07, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/200474/us-poverty-rate-among-children-under-18-since-1990/
US Census Bureau. "Child poverty rate in the U.S. from 1990 to 2021." Chart. September 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200474/us-poverty-rate-among-children-under-18-since-1990/
US Census Bureau. (2022). Child poverty rate in the U.S. from 1990 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200474/us-poverty-rate-among-children-under-18-since-1990/
US Census Bureau. "Child Poverty Rate in The U.S. from 1990 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/200474/us-poverty-rate-among-children-under-18-since-1990/
US Census Bureau, Child poverty rate in the U.S. from 1990 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/200474/us-poverty-rate-among-children-under-18-since-1990/ (last visited June 07, 2023)
Child poverty rate in the U.S. from 1990 to 2021 [Graph], US Census Bureau, September 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/200474/us-poverty-rate-among-children-under-18-since-1990/