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Pandemic Aid Cut U.S. Poverty to New Low in 2021, Census Bureau Reports (Published 2022)
By Jason DeParle & Lydia DePillis
Lessons From a Historic Decline in Child Poverty
By Renee Ryberg, Katherine Paschall & Lina Guzman
U.S. Incomes Fail to Grow for Second Year in a Row, Census Figures Show
By Paul Overberg & John Mccormick
Poverty and uninsured rates drop, thanks to pandemic-era policies
By Selena Simmons-Duffin
Child poverty fell to a record-low 5.2% in 2021 – here's how it could have been even lower
By Steven Pressman & Robert H. Scott
Poverty, Plunging
By David Leonhardt
The child poverty rate fell by nearly half in 2021 as enhanced child tax credit sent billions of dollars to families
By Tami Luhby
The US child poverty rate just hit a 50-year low
By H. Luke Shaefer, Betsey Stevenson & Patrick Cooney
Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty (Published 2022)
By Jason DeParle & Maddie Mcgarvey