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More than 1 in 5 children across the South are in households with incomes below the poverty level: Child poverty rates by region, 2019

Region	Child poverty rate
South	20.9%
Midwest	17.2%
West	17.1%
Northeast	16.6%

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Source: Author’s analysis of the 2019 five-year American Community Survey table B17001.

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