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RELEASE: CAP Report Outlines the Structural But Solvable Problem of Child Poverty in the U.S.
Date: January 12, 2021
Contact: Julia Cusick
Washington, D.C. The United States consistently has the highest child poverty rate of any OECD country. Nearly 11 million or 1 in 7 children in the United States live in poverty. And systemic inequalities stretching back before the country’s founding contribute to disproportionate rates of poverty for Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Native children. And while these data were calculated before the COVID-19 crisis, already some calculations have found a dramatic escalation in the child poverty rate since the onset of the pandemic.
The Basic Facts About Children in Poverty Getty/Gregory Rec
A boy holds his little brother s hand after picking him up at the bus stop in Biddeford, Maine, April 2020.
Julia Cusick
For more on this topic, see The Basic Facts About Women in Poverty
Women, especially women of color, in the United States are more likely to live in poverty than men, and they need robust, targeted solutions to ensure their long-term economic security. Read
Introduction and summary
In America, nearly 11 million children are poor. That’s 1 in 7 kids, who make up almost one-third of all people living in poverty in this country. This number should be unimaginable in one of the world’s wealthiest countries, and yet child poverty has remained stubbornly high for decades Across the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which is made up of 37 countries including Denmark, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom, the United States is consistently rank