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.
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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
