Facing Child Poverty in Rural America
At the end of the 1990s, one of the most prosperous decades in our country’s history, one of every five rural children was living in a family with income below the official poverty line. In raw numbers, that amounts to more than 2.6 million rural children; millions more live just above the poverty line.
The Poor-Rich Health Divide
Sweeping changes in public health have transformed life over the past century. Even so, this past century’s revolution in human health and well-being is incomplete. For the more than 1 billion people living on less than US$1 per day, health services and modern medicines are still out of reach, and many initiatives to improve the health of people in extreme poverty have been unsuccessful.
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| United States |
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| QuickFacts |
What is the population of American-Indian children? The 2000 Census shows that there are around 840,000 American Indian or Alaska Native children in the United States — 1.1 percent of the child population. Read more.
What is the population of Asian-American children? The 2000 Census shows that there were around 2.5 million Asian-American children — 3.4 percent of all children. Read more.
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