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Appendix A
National Trends Among Children
TABLE Al
Poverty Among Children·
Children under age 18 Children under age 6
Number Poverty Number Poverty
Year who are poor rate" who are poor rate"
1959 17,552,000 27.3%
1960 17,634,000 26.9
1961 16,909,000 25.6
1962 16,963,000 25.0
1963 16,005,000 23.1
1964 16,051,000 23.0
1965 14,676,000 21.0
1966 12,389,000 17.6
1967 11,656,000 16.6
1968 10,954,000 15.6
1969 9,691,000 14.0 3,298,000 15.3%
1970 10,440,000 15.1 3,561,000 16.6
1971 10,551,000 15.3 3,499,000 16.9
1972 10,284,000 15.1 3,276,000 16.1
1973 9,642,000 14.4 3,097,000 15.7
1974 10,156,000 15.4 3,294,000 16.9
1975 11,104,000 17.1 3,460,000 18.2
1976 10,273,000 16.0 3,270,000 17.7
1977 10,288,000 16.2 3,326,000 18.1
1978 9,931,000 15.9 3,184,000 17.2
1979 10,377,000 16.4 3,415,000 17.8
1980 11,543,000 18.3 4,030,000 20.5
1981 12,505,000 20.0 4,422,000 22.0
1982 13,647,000 21.9 4,821,000 23.3
1983 13,911,000 22.3 5,122,000 24.6
1984 13,420,000 21.5 4,938,000 23.4
1985 13,010,000 20.7 4,832,000 22.6
1986 12,876,000 20.5 4,619,000 21.6
1987 12,843,000 20.3 4,852,000 22.4
1988 12,455,000 19.5 5,032,000 22.6
1989 12,590,000 19.6 5,071,000 22.5
1990 13,431,000 20.6 5,198,000 23.0
1991 14,341,000 21.8 5,483,000 24.0
1992 14,617,000 21.9 5,781,000 25.0
1993 14,961,000 22.0 6,097,000 25.6
1994 14,610,000 21.2 5,878,000 24.5
1995 13,999,000 20.2 5,670,000 23.7
1996 13,764,000 19.8 5,333,000 22.7
"Related children in families.
- Data not available.
a. Percentage of aU children wbo are poor.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
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