22% of U.S. live in poverty. Childhood poverty is higher in the U.S. than any other major nation. (Reply #8)

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8. 22% of U.S. live in poverty. Childhood poverty is higher in the U.S. than any other major nation.

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 05:50 PM

Jan 2016

More U.S. children live in poverty now than during the Great Recession.

Food Insecurity

* 15.3 million children lived in food-insecure households in 2014.

* Twenty percent or more of the child population in 38 states and D.C. lived in food-insecure households in 2013, according to the most recent data available. The District of Columbia (31%) and Mississippi (29%) had the highest rates of children in households without consistent access to food.

* In 2013, the top five states with the highest rate of food-insecure children under 18 were D.C., Mississippi, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Georgia.

* In 2013, the top five states with the lowest rate of food-insecure children under 18 were North Dakota, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Virginia.

http://www.nccp.org/topics/childpoverty.html
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jul/08/bernie-s/sanders-child-poverty-higher-america-any-other-maj/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/20/more-children-living-poverty-now-than-during-recession/30415391/
http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/impact-of-hunger/child-hunger/child-hunger-fact-sheet.html

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