In 2020, about 16.1 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 2020
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US Census Bureau. (September 14, 2021). Child poverty rate in the U.S. from 1990 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2022, 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 2020." Chart. September 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200474/us-poverty-rate-among-children-under-18-since-1990/
US Census Bureau. (2021). Child poverty rate in the U.S. from 1990 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 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 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Sep 2021, 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 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/200474/us-poverty-rate-among-children-under-18-since-1990/ (last visited July 05, 2022)