Child poverty more than doubled in the U.S. last year after financial assistance that supported families during the earlier days of the Covid pandemic expired, the Census Bureau said Tuesday.
The child poverty rate surged to 12.4% in 2022, up from 5.2% in the year prior, according to the bureau's data.
The U.S. had made historic gains in fighting child poverty during the pandemic due in large part to the expanded tax credits.
The child poverty rate fell 46% in 2021 to the lowest level on record, according to Census data released last year.
The overall poverty rate also spiked by nearly 5%, the first increase since 2010, according to the data.
Persons:
Carl, Norma Millers, Liana Fox
Organizations:
Norma Millers Childrens, Census, U.S
Locations:
Frederick, U.S