KIDSCOUNT Data Snapshot on Children Living in High-Poverty Communities
This Data Snapshot highlights newly available national, state,
and city data in the KIDS COUNT Data Center that shows a 25
percent increase in the number of children residing in areas of
concentrated poverty since 2000. The snapshot indicates how
high-poverty communities are harmful to children, outlines
regions in which concentrated poverty has grown the most, and
offers recommendations to address these issues.