Children in poverty (100%) by age group and race and ethnicity in the United States
Definitions:
The share of children under age 18 who live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level by age group and race/ethnicity.
The
federal poverty definition consists of a series of thresholds based on
family size and composition. In calendar year 2019, a family of two
adults and two children fell in the “poverty” category if their annual
income fell below $25,926. Poverty status is not determined for people
in military barracks, institutional quarters, or for unrelated
individuals under age 15 (such as foster children). The data are based
on income received in the 12 months prior to the survey.
Data Source:
Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census
Bureau, 2005, 2008, 2010, and 2013 through 2019 American Community Survey.
These were derived from ACS table B17001.
Footnotes:
Updated September 2020.
S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the
percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.
N.A. – Data
not available.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Children in poverty (100%) by age group and race and ethnicity .