Race Matters
Across all categories, black children have the highest poverty rates. Young black children are nearly three times as likely to live in poverty as young white children, and more than twice as likely as young Hispanic children.
This report examines poverty rates throughout the United States based on race and family structure for children of all ages as well as by place and region for children under age 6.
If we want all children in America to thrive, we must boost access to social programs like Women, Infants and Children (or WIC), Medicaid, home visits and Early Head Start. These programs work to counteract some of poverty's negative effects and provide positive results.
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