Measuring Access to Opportunity in the United States: A 10-Year Update

This report shows that child poverty fell to a record low in 2021 and then tripled by 2024. In 2021, with federal pandemic relief and an expanded child tax credit, the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) showed child poverty at 5%, the lowest on record. By 2024, as temporary supports expired, the SPM rate rose to 13%. Without public support, it would have reached 25%.

By Annie E. Casey Foundation.