Child Poverty Widespread in America's Largest Cities

Child poverty still remains widespread in America's largest cities. The child poverty rate for all U.S. large cities- defined as the 71 cities with a total population of 250,000 or higher in 2007- is 30.6 percent which is substantially higher than the pre-recession rate in 2007 of 26.4 percent. The national child poverty rate fell by two percentage points from 2012 to 2013. However, the big-city rate declined by only one percentage point. The research paper claims ...