Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Aged 6 through 11

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Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 18

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Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 3

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Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 6

Learn about our Improving the Odds for Young Children project. For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 18, or about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children […]

Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Aged 12 through 17

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Basic Facts About Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States, 2008

2008 is the most recent year for which data are available. How many households have food insecurity among children? There are about 39.5 million households with children (approximately 34 percent of all households). 79 percent were food secure. 10.2 percent reported food security among adults only. 9.6 percent reported low food security among children. 1.2 […]

Who Are America’s Poor Children?: Examining Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States

This is an excerpt from the full report. Introduction Fourteen million children live in poor families (that is, families with income below the federal poverty level, which is $22,050 a year for a family of four in 2009). There is a wide body of research documenting the importance of family income for children’s health and […]

English Language Proficiency, Family Economic Security, and Child Development

Learn about our Making Work Supports Work project. Key Findings Over 55 million individuals spoke a language other than English at home in 2007, an increase of 140 percent from 1980. The number of Spanish speakers rose by more than 23.4 million between 1980 and 2007, a 211 percent increase. Twenty-one percent of children age […]

Who are America’s Poor Children?: The Official Story

Fourteen million American children live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, which is $22,050 a year for a family of four. The number of children living in poverty increased by 21 percent between 2000 and 2008. There are 2.5 million more children living in poverty today than in 2000. Not only are […]

Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008: Children Under Age 6

Learn about our Improving the Odds for Young Children project. For comparable information about all children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008: Children Under Age 18, or about infants and toddlers, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008: Children Under Age 3, or about young children, see Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2008: Children […]