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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Public Policy Blogger: The data: Poverty, health, children and soldiers

Public Policy Blogger: The data: Poverty, health, children and soldiers:

The data: Poverty, health, children and soldiers

(Sources: Pew Hispanic Center, The Washington Post, National Poverty Center, Childstats. gov, Kaiser Family Foundation, American Dental Association, Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America)

Children living in poverty:

6.1 million Hispanic children
5 million black children
4.4 million non-Hispanic white children

15.5 million of America's 74.2 million children now live in poverty

35% of all Hispanic children
39% of all