Public policy helps reduce child poverty: Supplemental child poverty rates by race and ethnicity, 2019–2021
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 12.6% | 9.7% | 5.2% |
| White | 7% | 5.7% | 2.7% |
| Black | 20.6% | 17.2% | 8.3% |
| Asian | 9.5% | 6.7% | 5.1% |
| Hispanic | 20.3% | 14.7% | 8.4% |
Note: Race and ethnicity measures are mutually exclusive (i.e. white alone non-Hispanic, Black alone non-Hispanic, Hispanic any race).
Source: EPI analysis of United States Census Bureau Supplemental Poverty Measure data.