Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 in living situations with incomes below their Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) threshold (e.g., in 2020, 12.6% of California children lived in poverty, according to the SPM).
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (Jan. 2022).
Footnote: 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, see The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020. Data for years 2016 and earlier are not comparable with data presented here because of differences in methodology. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
