New Report Details Increase in Poverty for Hispanic Children Nationwide

A report released this week by the Pew Hispanic Center reveals that Hispanic children comprise the largest number of children living in poverty in America, according to data from 2010. Hispanic children now surpass all other racial and ethnic groups in terms of population living in poverty, at 6.1 million, compared to 5 million Caucasian children and 4.4 million African American children.

The Pew Hispanic Center report suggests that the increase is the result of the economic recession, which drove up the percentages of unemployment and food insecurity to above average rates for Hispanics, while driving down the value of household wealth for the Hispanic population.

Among California children, the most recent data on kidsdata.org show a rise in the percentage of Hispanic children living in poverty each year from 2007 to 2009.

From 2007 to 2009, Native American, Hispanic, and African American children faced similar rates of poverty, at 26.7%, 27.5%, 28.6%, respectively.

Find more data about California children living in poverty.

Posted by kidsdata.org

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