Rural Child Poverty

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Rural Child

Poverty National Rural Assembly

Washington DC. September 9th 2015

Prepared by: Roberto Gallardo, PhD

What we mean by rural …

Source: 2013 OMB

Quick rural stats …

1990 2013 Change

Total Population 41,365,103 46,220,017 +11.7%

Child Population 11,084,501 10,177,386 -8.2%

Labor Force 19,341,436 21,322,546 +10.2%

Unemployment Rate 6.7 7.7 +1.0

White, Non-Hispanic 85.6 79.0 -6.6%

Black, Non-Hispanic 8.2 8.2 0.0%

Hispanic 3.7 8.0 +4.4%

Source: US Census

Child Poverty Rate

18.0

16.2

21.6 22.2

20.8

18.5

25.3 25.7 24.6

21.3

27.4 27.8

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

1990 2000 2010 2013

US Small City Rural

Source: US Census SAIPE

Child Poverty – % White Non Hispanic

Source: US Census SAIPE

94.7 94.9 94.6 93.9 90.5

87.5 84.5

77.2

68.6

56.1

89.0 87.5 87.7 86.5

84.7

81.5 78.9

72.3

67.1

50.7

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1990 2013

Child Poverty – % Black Non Hispanic

Source: US Census SAIPE

0.9

2.4 2.8 2.7

4.2

7.8 9.0

15.4

18.6

27.1

1.2 1.7 1.9

3.1 3.5

5.4

8.3

11.4

18.5

30.4

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1990 2013

Child Poverty – % Hispanic

Source: US Census SAIPE

2.2 1.8

1.5

2.0 2.4

2.6

4.2

5.1

8.3

9.6

5.7

6.4

7.5

6.9

7.7

6.6

7.9

12.0

10.2

9.4

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1990 2013

Geography of Child Poverty Rate, 1990

Geography of Child Poverty Rate, 2013

1990-2013 Change in Child Poverty

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