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Around 3 million more children in the U.S. are living in poverty than at the beginning of the Great Recession — a worrying statistic that mutes much of the fanfare of the nation's economic turnaround, according to a report released Tuesday on child welfare.

Twenty-two percent of U.S. children were living in poverty in 2013 compared with 18 percent in 2008, according to the Kids Count Data Book, an annual report that ranks states by the well-being of their children. It equates to an increase of 2.9 million children, according to census data from those years.

Poverty rates have nearly doubled among African-Americans and American Indians since 2008, and hardship is most severe in the South and Southwest, the report found.

The report, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, defines children in poverty as those under the age of 18, living in families with annual incomes below $23,624. In all, some 16,087,000 children are deemed to be living in poverty in America.

Minnesota ranked as the best state for overall child well-being, based on indicators including economic standing, education and health. Mississippi ranked the worst.

The report, released Tuesday from the child advocacy group the Annie E. Casey Foundation, showed signs of slight improvement in some areas, including high school graduation rates being at an all-time high and a falling percentage of children without health insurance.

On July 22 2015 02:51 On_Slaught wrote:
I'm starting to think Trump is still a liberal who is trying to destroy his enemy from the inside on behalf of his good ol' democratic friends. Pretty much every word that comes out of his mouth is some pseudo-intellectual, hyperbolic, unfounded garbage. Won't hold up under real scrutiny.

Plus, it's simply a matter of time until he says something else really stupid that pisses off the GoP again...

On July 22 2015 03:34 whatisthisasheep wrote:
I cant wait to see the debates between Trump and Clinton. Trump will start reading aloud who all her donors are and hillary will be like "fml"

On July 22 2015 03:47 Plansix wrote:

Until it turns out Trump indirectly donated to her and was not aware. I also think we are in the part of the cycle when everyone but Nate Silver assumes the American people are really dumb. Then the real elections start and everyone gets a rude awaking than most people were not watching the clown show.

On July 22 2015 03:54 whatisthisasheep wrote:

Then Trump will say "look even I donated her so she would let me do what I want because shes such a whore" and everybody will laugh at her and he will win because thats how we role in america

On July 22 2015 04:01 Gorsameth wrote:

I listened to the phone number clip linked above, to find why he did it, and in that he already said "I donated to Hillary/Democrats".
So that one is already out in the open

On July 22 2015 04:19 whatisthisasheep wrote:

Trump has an interesting strategy of letting all his skeletons out at the very beginning on his own accord instead of letting another candidate play got ya games with him. We will see if it pays off.

On July 22 2015 04:20 Plansix wrote:

It won't because the man is a nightmare would without insulting some minority group, veterans and leaking the personal information for rivals. Everyone watches the car crash.

On July 22 2015 04:36 farvacola wrote:

Your understanding of US electoral politics is as tenuous as your grasp of the English language. But keep on stumping for Trump please

On July 22 2015 04:43 whatisthisasheep wrote:

I know as much about politics as Trump does. I watch the Polls and see who is winning. Its easy.

On July 22 2015 04:43 whatisthisasheep wrote:

I know as much about politics as Trump does. I watch the Polls and see who is winning. Its easy.

On July 22 2015 04:57 Jormundr wrote:

Why don't you ask xdaunt and every other old blood conservative in here about conservative poll numbers?

On July 22 2015 05:02 xDaunt wrote:

Poll numbers mean dick at this stage of the game. Herman Cain was polling at something ridiculous like 25% at one point during the fall leading up to the primaries in 2012. There's not a lot of reason to pay attention until the debates begin in earnest.

On July 22 2015 04:36 farvacola wrote:

Your understanding of US electoral politics is as tenuous as your grasp of the English language. But keep on stumping for Trump please

On July 22 2015 05:02 xDaunt wrote:

Poll numbers mean dick at this stage of the game. Herman Cain was polling at something ridiculous like 25% at one point during the fall leading up to the primaries in 2012. There's not a lot of reason to pay attention until the debates begin in earnest.