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Children in poverty according to the supplemental poverty measure in the United States

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Children in poverty according to the supplemental poverty measure

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Definitions: The number and percent of children under age 18 who are in poverty according to the supplemental poverty measure.

Data Source: Population Reference Bureau analysis of Census Bureau 2013-2015, 2014-2016, and 2015-2017 Supplemental Poverty Measure Public Use Research files: https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/supplemental-poverty-measure/data/datasets.html.
The 2013 data uses the 2014 CPS ASEC sample eligible to receive the redesigned income questions. 

Footnotes: Updated January 2019.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each can be found at
Children in poverty according to the supplemental poverty measure.