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America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
Child Supplemental Poverty Measure Below Official Rate in 46 States
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its annual report, Poverty in the United States: 2023, which found the 2023 national official poverty rate of children under 18 was higher than the child Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
But was that the case in every state?
Today is Child Poverty Day and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and we’re releasing findings of a new analysis showing that the SPM rate was lower than the official rate in 46 states and the District of Columbia for the combined years of 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Continue reading to learn more about differences between child poverty measures.
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