• The United States has the highest rate of child poverty among similarly developed nations.

• 41% of US children are low-income and 19% —approximately one in five—are poor.

• Children under the age of 6 are even more likely to be poor.

• Children are overrepresented among our nation’s poor; they represent 23% of the population but comprise 32% of all people in poverty.

• Many more children live in families with incomes just above the poverty threshold.

• Children of color are disproportionately poor as a result of racial discrimination and unjust social policies.

  
  

  
  

To eliminate child poverty we must understand why it exists, the harm it causes, and the most promising solutions.

Source: National Center for Children in Poverty: www.nccp.org