In its recently released annual KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot, the Annie E. Casey Foundation reported that nearly eight million of America’s children live in high-poverty areas (about 1.6 million more since 2000).
According to the Foundation, the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey show that about 7.9 million, or 11 percent, of the nation’s children are growing up in areas where at least 30 percent of residents live below the federal poverty level (about $22,000 per year for a family of four). In 2000, 6.3 million kids, or 9 percent, were living in such communities, which often lack access to resources that are critical to healthy growth and development, including quality education, medical care, and safe outdoor spaces.
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Media report:
Portland Press Herald: Report sees rise in Maine child poverty (20 MAR 12)
2011 Data Book Profiles on Key Indicators of Child Well-being:
2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Connecticut
2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Maine
2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Massachusetts
2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book: New Hampshire
2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Rhode Island
2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Vermont
Background information:
Annie E. Casey Foundation: 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book: State Profiles of Child Well-being (2011)
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