Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 in living situations with incomes below their Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) threshold, by race/ethnicity (e.g., in 2023-2025, 24.1% of Hispanic/Latino children in California lived in poverty, according to the SPM).
Data Source: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement public use microdata (Sept. 2026).
Footnote: Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive. The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) extends the official poverty measure by accounting for a wider range of living situations, economic resources, and expenditures. For details on the SPM and differences between the SPM and the official poverty measure, visit the U.S. Census Bureau. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. The notation S refers to data that have been suppressed because the estimate is based on fewer than 3 responses or has a margin of error greater than 5 percentage points.
