Unprecedented Decline In U.S. Child Poverty – Down 69% In 26 Years
The past quarter century witnessed an unprecedented decline in child poverty rates in the United States.
Today, roughly 1 in 10 children live in families whose economic resources are below the poverty line — a 59% drop over the last 26 years.
In 1993, the numbers were more than one in four children.
The magnitude of this decline in child poverty is unequaled in the history of poverty measurement in the U.S.
A report from research group Child Trends took a detailed look at what led to this decline.
Lower unemployment rates and higher single mothers’ labor force participation can account for some of these results.
Also playing a role were a decrease in the number of children in immigrant families, lower rates of teen pregnancy, and increases in the rates of children living in two-parent households.
The report concludes between 1993 and 2019, poverty rates declined at similar rates for nearly every subgroup of children examined.
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