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This publication answers commonly asked questions about the scope and severity of poverty and economic hardship in the United States, and poverty's effects on children and society more generally. It also identifies and discusses strategies to reduce hardship and improve family economic security.

This fact sheet discusses how the U.S. government measures poverty

Other Publications

• Low-Income Children in the United States
  National and State Trend Data, 1997-2007
  Report, November 2008
• Who are America’s Poor Children?
  The Official Story
  Fact Sheet, October 2008
• Basic Facts about Low-Income Children
  Birth to Age 18
  Fact Sheet, October 2008
• Staying Afloat in Tough Times
  What States Are and Aren't Doing to Promote Family Economic Security
  Report, August 2008
• Statement on Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure
  Statement, July 2008
• Most Low-Income Parents Are Employed
  Fact Sheet, November 2007
• Parents’ Low Education Leads to Low Income, Despite Full-Time Employment
  Fact Sheet, November 2007
• Testimony on Measuring Poverty in America
  Testimony, August 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Illinois and Chicago
  Fact Sheet, April 2007
• The New Poverty Wars
  Debating the Frame(s)
  Opinion, April 2007
• Testimony on the Economic and Societal Costs of Poverty
  Testimony, January 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Michigan and Detroit
  Fact Sheet, November 2006
• The New Poor
  Regional Trends in Child Poverty Since 2000
  Report, August 2006
• The Racial Gap in Parental Education
  Fact Sheet, May 2006
• On the Edge in the Empire State
  New York’s Low-Income Children
  Fact Sheet, May 2006
• Children in Urban Areas are Increasingly Low Income
  Fact Sheet, November 2005
• Marriage Not Enough to Guarantee Economic Security
  Brief, October 2005
• Many Children with Married Parents are Low Income
  Fact Sheet, October 2005
• Child Poverty in States Hit by Hurricane Katrina
  Fact Sheet, September 2005
• Children of Recent Immigrants
  National and Regional Trends
  Report, December 2004
• Children of Low-Income, Recent Immigrants
  Fact Sheet, December 2004
• Rate of Children in Low-Income Families Varies Widely by State
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Changing Children’s Trajectories of Development
  Brief, December 2003
• Low Income and the Development of America’s Kindergartners
  Brief, November 2003
• Where Do Children in Low-Income Families Live?
  Report, November 2003
• Geography of Low-Income Families and Children
  Fact Sheet, November 2003
• Debt and Assets Among Low-Income Families
  Brief, October 2003
• How Belief in a Just World Influences Views of Public Policy
  Report, October 2003
• Low Income and Hardship Among America’s Kindergartners
  Brief, September 2003
• The Changing Demographics of Low-Income Families and Their Children
  Brief, August 2003
• Employment Alone is Not Enough for America’s Low-Income Children and Families
  Report, August 2003
• Children of Immigrants
  A Statistical Profile
  Brief, September 2002
• The Changing Face of Child Poverty in California
  Fact Sheet, August 2002
• The Role of Community Development Corporations in Promoting the Well-Being of Young Children
  Brief, February 2002
• Untapped Potential
  State Earned Income Credits and Child Poverty Reduction
  Brief, April 2001
• Child Poverty in the States
  Levels and Trends from 1979 to 1998
  Brief, August 2000
• Lives on the Line
  American Families and the Struggle to Make Ends Meet
  Brief, August 1999