The child poverty rate today is the same as in 1990
More than 13 million children live below the poverty line in America, according to an annual report out today from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. That’s 18% of children in the U.S., the same percentage as almost 30 years ago. The poverty rate for African-American and American Indian kids remains substantially higher: 33%. Childhood poverty can have long-lasting effects.
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