Poverty
| Publication | Category | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Child Care Expenses Push Many Families Into Poverty UPDATE: This fact sheet was updated on October 24, 2024, to reflect analytics corrections to some estimates. In this fact sheet, we use the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) to assess the extent to which child care expenses are pushing families with young children… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Poverty |
| Gains in Reducing Child Poverty, but Racial-Ethnic Disparities Persist In 2015, for the second year in a row, child poverty rates declined in the United States. However, familiar patterns in levels and characteristics of child poverty persist: more than one in five children are poor; children of color are at disproportionate risk for… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | African Americans, Children, Poverty |
| State EITC Programs Provide Important Relief to Families in Need The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the nation, offering tax credits to low- and moderate-earning families.1 The amount of EITC benefits varies by earnings and the number of dependent children in a family, with… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Poverty, Safety Net, Tax |
| A Profile of Youth Poverty and Opportunity in Southwestern Minnesota Like many rural communities across the United States, Southwestern Minnesota (hereafter SW Minnesota; see Box 1) has an aging population, evidenced by a growing share of seniors and a declining share of children and young adults, particularly among the non-Hispanic… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Income, Poverty |
| Demographic and Economic Characteristics of Immigrant and Native-Born Populations in Rural and Urban Places In recent years, researchers have documented the changing demographics of rural areas, with a specific focus on changes in racial-ethnic composition and immigration patterns, particularly the increased migration of Hispanics to rural places. In spite of this… |
Demography | Demography, Poverty, Race, Rural, Urban |
| Overall Declines in Child Poverty Mask Relatively Stable Rates Across States Earlier this week, the U.S. Census Bureau published its official poverty estimates noting a decline in poverty across the population.1 In this brief, we use additional Census data released today from the American Community Survey (ACS), the only regular source for… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty |
| Fewer Than Half of WIC-Eligible Families Receive WIC Benefits The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves millions of low-income women, infants, and children who are at nutritional risk by providing checks or vouchers for nutritious foods, nutrition counseling, breastfeeding support… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Food Assistance, Poverty, Safety Net |
| Carsey Perspective: Is the Poverty Rate 1.1 Percent? Poverty in the United States is a multifaceted problem with causes as diverse as the 46.7 million people who live in it and solvable only through a suite of solutions.1 Those 46.7 million people constituted 14.8 percent of the population of the United States in 2014,… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Poverty |
| Child Poverty Higher and More Persistent in Rural America The negative consequences of growing up in a poor family are well known. Poor children are less likely to have timely immunizations, have lower academic achievement, are generally less engaged in school activities, and face higher delinquency rates in adolescent… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural |
| 2014 Data Indicate That Four in Ten Children Live in Low-Income Families In September 2015, the Census Bureau released 2014 poverty data from the American Community Survey (ACS), the only regular source for reliably estimating child poverty in geographic areas below the state level using the official poverty measure. In this brief, we use… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty |
