Child poverty grew during recession, especially in the South

The poverty rate for school-age children increased during and after the Great Recession in nearly a third of counties, according to new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program..

Poverty among children age 5 to 17 increased in 928 counties between 2007 and 2013, the research shows. It declined in 15 counties.

The findings show concentrations of child poverty in the South and West, with greater wealth in the northeast corridor from Washington, D.C. to Boston.