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Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18

Author(s): 
Douglas-Hall, A., Chau, M.
Publisher: 
National Center for Children in Poverty
Date Published: 
October, 2008

This fact sheet provides data and trends on U.S. children, birth to age 18, who live in families with low incomes. Data are presented on the number and percentage of children from families with low incomes by parents' employment and education, family structure, age, race and ethnicity, parents' country of birth, and where the children live.

Download a copy of Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Birth to Age 18 (PDF, 391.46 KB) from the National Center for Children in Poverty Web site.