The Supplemental Poverty Measure gauges the effectiveness of government programs in alleviating economic hardship. In a new data snapshot that explores the measure, KIDS COUNT calculates the national child poverty rate with and without government interventions. The supplemental measure shows that 11.2 million more kids would be living in poverty without key safety-net programs.
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the national percentage of children under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the national percentage of children under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the national percentage of children under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the national percentage of children under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
Growing up in poverty is one of the greatest threats to healthy child development. According to the 2014 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the following is the percentage of children in your state under age 18 who live in families below the U.S. poverty threshold:
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