source: https://blogs.msn.com/empoweringkids/how-many-children-live-in-poverty-in-your-state?ocid=spartandhp
Throughout the United States, 18.4% of Americans under age
18 — a total of 13.4 million children — live in poverty, one of the highest
child poverty rates of any developed nation. Children born into poverty are
likely to continue to live in impoverished circumstances as adults. In a 2017
study from the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty that tracked 18,000
individuals since 1968, researchers found that only 16% of children who spent a
majority of their childhoods in poverty were living above the poverty line
between the ages of 25 and 30. Poverty in America also disproportionately
affects minority families and exacerbates existing socioeconomic inequalities
along racial lines.
States with higher childhood poverty rates tend to perform
poorly in other socioeconomic factors, such as lower educational attainment
rate, higher unemployment, and higher rates of food insecurity, all of which
can ultimately lead to worse health outcomes and lower life expectancy. These
are places where poverty is causing bad diets.
According to a 2019 report from the National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the lower productivity, higher crime rates,
and worse health outcomes that result from child poverty cost the United States
between $800 billion and $1.1 trillion a year.
13.4 million children in
America live in poverty
To help reduce child poverty, the federal government
provides parents of children under 17 with the child tax credit — a tax cut
worth up to $2,000 per dependent. If taxes owed are lower than the credit,
families can receive up to $1,400 per child. Some states offer their own
version of the child tax credit that matches some proportion of the federal tax
cut. Several of the states with their own credit programs — Colorado,
California, and New York — are states where welfare supports the most poor
families.
To identify how many children live in poverty in your state,
24/7 Wall St. reviewed data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 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 2017, the Census
Bureau poverty threshold for a family of three with one child under 18 years
old was $19,730.
1. Alabama
Children in poverty: 265,078 (16th most)
Child poverty rate: 24.6% (5th highest)
State poverty rate: 16.9% (6th highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 5.3% (6th highest)
2. Alaska
Children in poverty: 26,865 (5th least)
Child poverty rate: 14.9% (21st lowest)
State poverty rate: 11.1% (16th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 3% (16th lowest)
3. Arizona
Children in poverty: 332,299 (11th most)
Child poverty rate: 20.8% (14th highest)
State poverty rate: 14.9% (12th highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 4.2% (14th highest)
4. Arkansas
Children in poverty: 156,427 (24th least)
Child poverty rate: 22.5% (7th highest)
State poverty rate: 16.4% (7th highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 4.6% (9th highest)
5. California
Children in poverty: 1,618,889 (the most)
Child poverty rate: 18.1% (23rd highest)
State poverty rate: 13.3% (22nd highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 3.3% (21st lowest)
6. Colorado
Children
in poverty: 149,043
(22nd least)
Child
poverty rate: 12.0%
(7th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 10.3%
(8th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.7% (10th lowest)
7. Connecticut
Children
in poverty: 92,583
(15th least)
Child
poverty rate: 12.6%
(9th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 9.6%
(5th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (12th lowest)
8. Delaware
Children
in poverty: 36,755
(11th least)
Child
poverty rate: 18.5%
(20th highest)
State
poverty rate: 13.6%
(19th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.6% (9th highest)
9. Florida
Children
in poverty: 840,179
(3rd most)
Child
poverty rate: 20.3%
(15th highest)
State
poverty rate: 14.0%
(17th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.1% (17th highest)
10. Georgia
Children
in poverty: 519,099
(5th most)
Child
poverty rate: 21.0%
(12th highest)
State
poverty rate: 14.9%
(11th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.4% (11th highest)
11. Hawaii
Children
in poverty: 34,441
(9th least)
Child
poverty rate: 11.5%
(4th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 9.5%
(4th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.7% (23rd highest)
12. Idaho
Children
in poverty: 67,147
(13th least)
Child
poverty rate: 15.3%
(22nd lowest)
State
poverty rate: 12.8%
(25th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3% (16th lowest)
13. Illinois
Children
in poverty: 486,196
(7th most)
Child
poverty rate: 17.0%
(24th highest)
State
poverty rate: 12.6%
(24th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.8% (22nd highest)
14. Indiana
Children
in poverty: 282,390
(14th most)
Child
poverty rate: 18.4%
(22nd highest)
State
poverty rate: 13.5%
(20th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.9% (21st highest)
15. Iowa
Children
in poverty: 88,070
(14th least)
Child
poverty rate: 12.3%
(8th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 10.7%
(12th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.5% (6th lowest)
16. Kansas
Children
in poverty: 103,689
(18th least)
Child
poverty rate: 14.8%
(20th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 11.9%
(21st lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.1% (18th lowest)
17. Kentucky
Children
in poverty: 222,906
(21st most)
Child
poverty rate: 22.4%
(8th highest)
State
poverty rate: 17.2%
(5th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.6% (5th highest)
18. Louisiana
Children
in poverty: 306,513
(13th most)
Child
poverty rate: 28.0%
(the highest)
State
poverty rate: 19.7%
(2nd highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 6.6% (the highest)
19. Maine
Children
in poverty: 32,567
(6th least)
Child
poverty rate: 13.1%
(10th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 11.1%
(15th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.5% (6th lowest)
20. Maryland
Children
in poverty: 159,886
(25th least)
Child
poverty rate: 12.0%
(7th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 9.3%
(2nd lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.8% (12th lowest)
21. Massachusetts
Children
in poverty: 182,470
(24th most)
Child
poverty rate: 13.5%
(12th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 10.5%
(10th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.4% (23rd lowest)
22. Michigan
Children
in poverty: 419,449
(10th most)
Child
poverty rate: 19.7%
(17th highest)
State
poverty rate: 14.2%
(15th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.1% (17th highest)
23. Minnesota
Children
in poverty:
149,926 (23rd least)
Child
poverty rate: 11.8%
(5th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 9.5%
(3rd lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.1% (the lowest)
24. Mississippi
Children
in poverty: 189,541
(23rd most)
Child
poverty rate: 26.9%
(3rd highest)
State
poverty rate: 19.8%
(the highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 6.3% (3rd highest)
25. Missouri
Children
in poverty: 252,041
(18th most)
Child
poverty rate: 18.6%
(19th highest)
State
poverty rate: 13.4%
(21st highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.6% (25th highest)
26. Montana
Children
in poverty: 32,857
(7th least)
Child
poverty rate: 14.7%
(19th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 12.5%
(22nd lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.3% (21st lowest)
27. Nebraska
Children in poverty: 65,591 (12th least)
Child poverty rate: 14.1% (16th lowest)
State poverty rate: 10.8% (13th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 2.7% (10th lowest)
28. Nevada
Children in poverty: 124,514 (19th least)
Child poverty rate: 18.5% (20th highest)
State poverty rate: 13.0% (25th highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 4% (20th highest)
29. New Hampshire
Children in poverty: 25,909 (4th least)
Child poverty rate: 10.3% (the lowest)
State poverty rate: 7.7% (the lowest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 2.3% (2nd lowest)
30. New Jersey
Children in poverty: 272,251 (15th most)
Child poverty rate: 13.9% (14th lowest)
State poverty rate: 10.0% (7th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 2.9% (13th lowest)
31. New Mexico
Children in poverty: 130,502 (20th least)
Child poverty rate: 27.2% (2nd highest)
State poverty rate: 19.7% (3rd highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 6.6% (the highest)
32. New York
Children in poverty: 803,171 (4th most)
Child poverty rate: 19.7% (17th highest)
State poverty rate: 14.1% (16th highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 4.2% (14th highest)
33. North Carolina
Children in poverty: 481,494 (8th most)
Child poverty rate: 21.2% (10th highest)
State poverty rate: 14.7% (14th highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 4.3% (13th highest)
34. North Dakota
Children in poverty: 18,519 (3rd least)
Child poverty rate: 10.9% (3rd lowest)
State poverty rate: 10.3% (9th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 3.3% (21st lowest)
35. Ohio
Children in poverty: 513,238 (6th most)
Child poverty rate: 20.1% (16th highest)
State poverty rate: 14.0% (18th highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 4.1% (17th highest)
36. Oklahoma
Children in poverty: 202,674 (22nd most)
Child poverty rate: 21.5% (9th highest)
State poverty rate: 15.8% (8th highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 4.7% (8th highest)
37. Oregon
Children in poverty: 141,151 (21st least)
Child poverty rate: 16.5% (23rd lowest)
State poverty rate: 13.2% (23rd highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 3.6% (25th highest)
38. Pennsylvania
Children in poverty: 444,486 (9th most)
Child poverty rate: 17.0% (24th highest)
State poverty rate: 12.5% (23rd lowest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 3.4% (23rd lowest)
39. Rhode Island
Children in poverty: 33,858 (8th least)
Child poverty rate: 16.6% (25th lowest)
State poverty rate: 11.6% (20th lowest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 2.5% (6th lowest)
40. South Carolina
Children in poverty: 245,023 (19th most)
Child poverty rate: 22.6% (6th highest)
State poverty rate: 15.4% (9th highest)
Families w/ incomes below
$10,000/year: 4.9% (7th highest)
41. South Dakota
Children
in poverty: 34,442
(10th least)
Child
poverty rate: 16.6%
(25th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 13.0%
(24th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.6% (25th highest)
42. Tennessee
Children
in poverty: 314,781
(12th most)
Child
poverty rate: 21.2%
(10th highest)
State
poverty rate: 15.0%
(10th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.2% (14th highest)
43. Texas
Children
in poverty: 1,524,712
(2nd most)
Child
poverty rate: 20.9%
(13th highest)
State
poverty rate: 14.7%
(13th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 4.4% (11th highest)
44. Utah
Children
in poverty: 97,832
(17th least)
Child
poverty rate: 10.7%
(2nd lowest)
State
poverty rate: 9.7%
(6th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.4% (3rd lowest)
45. Vermont
Children
in poverty: 15,946
(the least)
Child
poverty rate: 13.8%
(13th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 11.3%
(17th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.6% (8th lowest)
46. Virginia
Children
in poverty: 258,133
(17th most)
Child
poverty rate: 14.0%
(15th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 10.6%
(11th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.1% (18th lowest)
47. Washington
Children
in poverty: 232,452
(20th most)
Child
poverty rate: 14.3%
(17th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 11.0%
(14th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3% (16th lowest)
48. West Virginia
Children
in poverty: 93,758
(16th least)
Child
poverty rate: 25.9%
(4th highest)
State
poverty rate: 19.1%
(4th highest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 5.9% (4th highest)
49. Wisconsin
Children
in poverty: 181,828
(25th most)
Child
poverty rate: 14.5%
(18th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 11.3%
(18th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 2.6% (8th lowest)
50. Wyoming
Children
in poverty: 18,013
(2nd least)
Child
poverty rate: 13.3%
(11th lowest)
State
poverty rate: 11.3%
(19th lowest)
Families
w/ incomes below $10,000/year: 3.7% (23rd highest)
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