Basic Facts About Low-Income Children: Children under 6 Years, 2014.

This 2014 fact sheet on children living in low-income families in the United States begins by explaining that there are more than 23 million children under the age of 6 in the United States, and 47% live in low-income families and 24% live in poor families. Statistics are provided that indicate the percentage of young children living in low-income families has been on the rise, increasing from 43% in 2008 to 47% in 2014, young children under the age of 6 are nearly three times as likely as adults 65 years and older to live in poor families, young children under the age of 6 are more likely to live in low-income and poor families than other children, white children comprise the largest share of all low-income children while Hispanics make up the largest share of poor children, Black, American Indian, and Hispanic children are disproportionately low-income and poor, higher levels of parental education, employed parents, and married parents decrease the likelihood that a child will live in a low-income or poor family, the majority of children under the age of 6 in low-income families live in the South, and 6% of young children in low-income families and 6% living in poor families do not have health insurance. 12 figures and 11 references.