One million more children living in poverty since 2009, new census data released today shows
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Between 2009 and 2010, one million more children in America joined the ranks of those living in poverty, bringing the total to an estimated 15.7 million poor children in 2010, an increase of 2.6 million since the recession began in 2007, according to researchers from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.