The data displays the child poverty rate in the U.S. from 1990 to 2016. In 2016, about 18% of the children, aged under 18 years, were living below the poverty line in the United States
'90 | 20.6 |
'91 | 21.8 |
'92 | 22.3 |
'93 | 22.7 |
'94 | 21.8 |
'95 | 20.8 |
'96 | 20.5 |
'97 | 19.9 |
'98 | 18.9 |
'99 | 17.1 |
'00 | 16.2 |
'01 | 16.3 |
'02 | 16.7 |
'03 | 17.6 |
'04 | 17.8 |
'05 | 17.6 |
'06 | 17.4 |
'07 | 18 |
'08 | 19 |
'09 | 20.7 |
'10 | 22 |
'11 | 21.9 |
'12 | 21.8 |
'13 | 19.9 |
'14 | 21.1 |
'15 | 19.7 |
`16 | 18 |