Federal aid caused child poverty nationwide to drop significantly in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, but organizations working to help low-income families in Lancaster County say they’re ...

More than 9 million children — about 13% — are living in poverty in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

According to the recent U.S. Census Bureau data, there are currently 38 million people living in poverty— and 21 million are women. And among them, next to Indian/Non-Hispanic women, Black women have ...

Data from the World Bank suggests that extreme poverty has declined dramatically over the past four decades, from 47% of the world's population in 1981 to around 10% today. This narrative is based on ...

While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, the duel ended without explicit consideration of ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Poverty among children in Syracuse improved in 2021, but the city still has one of the highest rates of child poverty in the nation, according to new census data. The city’s poverty ...

New data shows 230,000 children in the state lack basic needs.

Even as inflation remains high and COVID stubbornly persists, economic indicators show a potential for remarkable resiliency when the political will exists. New data from the U.S. Census Bureau ...