U.S. child poverty rate by state and county
Children under 18 below the poverty threshold among children whose poverty status is determined.
United States · 2020–2024 · percent · percentage. U.S. Census Bureau, ACS five-year B17001.
- Who is counted
- People under age 18 for whom poverty status is determined
- Definition
- Children under 18 below the poverty threshold among children whose poverty status is determined.
- Source publication date
- 2026-01-29
- Uncertainty
- Derived margin of error not calculated; original component MOEs retained
- Website calculation or variable
- 100 × (B17001_004E + B17001_005E + B17001_006E + B17001_007E + B17001_008E + B17001_009E + B17001_018E + B17001_019E + B17001_020E + B17001_021E + B17001_022E + B17001_023E) / (B17001_004E + B17001_005E + B17001_006E + B17001_007E + B17001_008E + B17001_009E + B17001_018E + B17001_019E + B17001_020E + B17001_021E + B17001_022E + B17001_023E + B17001_033E + B17001_034E + B17001_035E + B17001_036E + B17001_037E + B17001_038E + B17001_047E + B17001_048E + B17001_049E + B17001_050E + B17001_051E + B17001_052E)
- Frozen website snapshot
- apd-2026-10-01-r3 · published October 1, 2026; sources acquired September 30, 2026
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS five-year, B17001 · percentage. Derived percentage; margin of error not calculated.
Show accessible data table
| Area | Value (percent) | Numerator | Denominator | 90% MOE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16.1341% | 11,678,577 | 72,384,401 | Not calculated |
| Texas | 18.6581% | 1,391,226 | 7,456,419 | Not calculated |
| California | 15.0369% | 1,278,435 | 8,501,969 | Not calculated |
| New York | 18.3214% | 730,485 | 3,987,059 | Not calculated |
| Florida | 16.5186% | 711,576 | 4,307,728 | Not calculated |
Child poverty rate: definition and scope
Children under 18 below the poverty threshold among children whose poverty status is determined. The headline is the latest value approved within this website’s frozen release. It is not a promise that no newer upstream product exists. The accessible table retains more precision than the rounded headline.
Limitations and comparability
Children excluded from the poverty universe are excluded from the denominator; this does not count benefit recipients.
The estimate describes the full 2020–2024 ACS period. Compare it with the same five-year product and universe. One-year ACS, model-based products and administrative counts cannot be joined into an unlabeled series.
Source count margins of error are retained in the raw download, but a margin of error for this calculated percentage is not supplied. We do not infer significance from point estimates, claim statistically settled ranks, or silently convert missing cells to zero. Cross-area associations do not establish individual circumstances or explain what caused a difference.
Source data, calculation and CSV downloads
Use the original selected cells, schema and formula with the immutable release. Summary-file columns use E001/M001; formulas use the corresponding ACS codes ending in E. Percentage numerators and denominators are supplied in the export.
100 × (B17001_004E + B17001_005E + B17001_006E + B17001_007E + B17001_008E + B17001_009E + B17001_018E + B17001_019E + B17001_020E + B17001_021E + B17001_022E + B17001_023E) / (B17001_004E + B17001_005E + B17001_006E + B17001_007E + B17001_008E + B17001_009E + B17001_018E + B17001_019E + B17001_020E + B17001_021E + B17001_022E + B17001_023E + B17001_033E + B17001_034E + B17001_035E + B17001_036E + B17001_037E + B17001_038E + B17001_047E + B17001_048E + B17001_049E + B17001_050E + B17001_051E + B17001_052E)
Original producer file · National source cells · Original table dictionary · All covered areas for this indicator (CSV)
Child poverty rate by state
Same measure, source product and reference period. Alphabetical order; descriptive differences are not significance tests.
| Area | Exact value (percent) | Numerator / denominator | 90% MOE / status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 21.2540% | 236,808 / 1,114,181 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Alaska | 12.1720% | 21,190 / 174,088 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Arizona | 16.2134% | 254,053 / 1,566,935 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Arkansas | 21.0885% | 146,214 / 693,335 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| California | 15.0369% | 1,278,435 / 8,501,969 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Colorado | 11.1015% | 134,982 / 1,215,894 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Connecticut | 13.0011% | 93,926 / 722,445 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Delaware | 15.0335% | 31,345 / 208,501 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| District of Columbia | 22.7707% | 28,562 / 125,433 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Florida | 16.5186% | 711,576 / 4,307,728 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Georgia | 18.2602% | 457,697 / 2,506,531 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Hawaii | 12.0506% | 35,088 / 291,173 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Idaho | 12.3868% | 56,993 / 460,112 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Illinois | 15.1300% | 413,342 / 2,731,935 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Indiana | 15.9995% | 250,359 / 1,564,790 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Iowa | 12.8538% | 93,086 / 724,191 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Kansas | 13.0935% | 90,352 / 690,053 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Kentucky | 20.2798% | 203,892 / 1,005,395 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Louisiana | 25.3833% | 271,141 / 1,068,187 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Maine | 13.1119% | 32,147 / 245,175 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Maryland | 11.5206% | 156,135 / 1,355,273 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Massachusetts | 11.7015% | 157,297 / 1,344,243 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Michigan | 17.6367% | 371,887 / 2,108,595 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Minnesota | 10.3244% | 133,385 / 1,291,939 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Mississippi | 25.9725% | 175,348 / 675,130 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Missouri | 15.7948% | 213,875 / 1,354,087 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Montana | 12.6927% | 29,250 / 230,448 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Nebraska | 11.9856% | 57,180 / 477,074 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Nevada | 16.2792% | 111,080 / 682,345 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New Hampshire | 7.8807% | 19,691 / 249,863 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New Jersey | 12.9824% | 261,439 / 2,013,795 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New Mexico | 24.0423% | 109,179 / 454,112 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| New York | 18.3214% | 730,485 / 3,987,059 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| North Carolina | 17.6999% | 406,744 / 2,297,999 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| North Dakota | 11.1350% | 20,224 / 181,625 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Ohio | 17.7820% | 454,817 / 2,557,744 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Oklahoma | 20.0585% | 190,118 / 947,817 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Oregon | 13.2170% | 109,782 / 830,611 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Pennsylvania | 15.5971% | 408,658 / 2,620,094 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Rhode Island | 13.6874% | 27,964 / 204,304 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| South Carolina | 19.4237% | 217,364 / 1,119,065 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| South Dakota | 14.3496% | 30,953 / 215,706 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Tennessee | 18.8075% | 289,295 / 1,538,193 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Texas | 18.6581% | 1,391,226 / 7,456,419 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Utah | 8.7571% | 81,532 / 931,044 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Vermont | 10.8065% | 12,328 / 114,080 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Virginia | 12.3261% | 229,811 / 1,864,429 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Washington | 11.6431% | 191,099 / 1,641,309 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| West Virginia | 21.4896% | 74,790 / 348,029 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Wisconsin | 12.7969% | 159,246 / 1,244,406 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |
| Wyoming | 11.7417% | 15,207 / 129,513 | Derived MOE not calculated · available |