A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that despite better job numbers and consumer spending nationwide, the lot of poor children has not improved.
The findings are based on data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, a comprehensive population snapshot used to understand demographic changes between census years.
The numbers are stark: One in five children live in poverty, according to the report, and it’s most harshly felt by children of color. Black (38 percent), Latino (32 percent) and Native American (36 percent) children have about a one in three chance of being poor. For white and Asian kids, it's 13 percent.
In 24 states, the lot of poor children did improve slightly between 2013 and 2014, but in California, progress has been stagnant.
[For more of this story, written by Deepa Fernandes, go to http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/...-for-california-s-p/]
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