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27 mar 2023 · An annual report on the status of Texas children and youth revealed that Texas now ranks 45th in overall child well-being and 20% of children in the state are living in poverty with Black and Hispanic children accounting for the highest rates.
4 gru 2023 · For more than 10 years, Every Texan has monitored children’s well-being via health and socioeconomic data trends. Our 2022 Kids Count Data Report revealed that children in Texas experience poverty at higher rates than the state’s adults. Children under 5 years experience the highest rates of poverty at 21%.
8 sie 2022 · While child poverty has gone down in Texas (decreasing by 20% between 2012 and 2020), Texas continues to rank among the bottom half of all states (37th for child poverty). Racial disparities also continue among children and their families due to systemic racism.
13 cze 2024 · Between 2012 and 2022, children showed the most improvement, though 1 in 5 children are still living in poverty, putting them at a higher risk than any other age group. Additionally, the state has also seen a slight increase in the poverty rate among people over 65. Poverty Rates by Age Group in Texas, 2012-2022
21 cze 2021 · Child poverty levels have improved since 2010 (decreasing from 26% to 19%). But generational inequity and systemic racism continue to result in racial disparities for children and their families. In 2019, over 1.4 million children in Texas lived in a household with a family income below $25,936.
15 gru 2023 · An average of 13.9% of Texans lived below the poverty line from 2018 to 2022, down from 16% of Texans in poverty from 2013 to 2017. That decline mirrors a similar reduction in poverty...
The number of children in poverty fell by 46% in 2021 compared to the previous year, but poverty among people 65 and older rose 13%, according to a new census report.
