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Families Projected to Spend an Average of $233,610 Raising a Child Born in 2015.
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The Cost of Raising a Child
USDA recently issued Expenditures on Children by Families, 2015.
This report is also known as “The Cost of Raising a Child.” USDA has
been tracking the cost of raising a child since 1960 and this analysis
examines expenses by age of child, household income, budgetary
component, and region of the country. Click here to read more.
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