Child Poverty

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Data note: The federal poverty definition consists of a series of thresholds based on family size and composition. In calendar year 2024, a family of two adults and one child were defined as living in poverty if their annual income fell below $25,820. Data on poverty thresholds for other family structures can be accessed at U.S. Census Bureau, Poverty Thresholds.

Data source:

Statewide and County poverty rates from: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-year estimates, Table S1701 "Poverty status in the past 12 months", population under 18.

Poverty rates by race and ethnicity from: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates,Tables B17001A-B17001I

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Endowment for Health

Data Indicators by Category

  • Family
  •  Child Population by Age and Race
  •  Household Composition
  •  Family Structure
  •  Educational Attainment of Families
  • School
  •  Children Enrolled in Kindergarten
  •  Statewide Assessments
  • Early Learning
  •  Cost of Child Care
  •  Child Care Cost Burden
  •  Child Care Program Staff Salaries
  •  Licensed Child Care Capacity
  •  Head Start and Early Head Start
  •  Head Start Programs Map
  •  Children Enrolled in Preschool
  • Work
  •  Living Wage
  •  Median Income of Families with Children
  •  Job Change Due to Child Care Problems
  •  Labor Force and Unemployment
  • Housing
  •  Homeless Children
  •  Home Ownership
  •  Purchase Price of Homes
  •  Rental Costs
  • Health
  •  Health Insurance Status
  •  Immunizations
  •  Birth Data
  •  Maternal Health
  •  Developmental Screening
  •  Oral Health
  •  Child Maltreatment
  • Family Supports
  •  Family and Community Health Programs
  •  NH Birth to 3
  •  Parents Experiencing Aggravation From Parenting
  • Social/Economic Factors
  •  Food Insecurity
  •  Child Poverty
  •  Children in Low Income Families
  •  Children in Low Income Working Families
  • Community Health
  •  Access to Clinical Care
  •  Access to Mental Health Services
  •  Access to Needed Health Services
  •  Childhood Lead Exposure
  • Child & Family Programs
  •  Foster Care
  •  Medicaid and CHIP
  •  School Meals
  •  SNAP
  •  TANF
  •  WIC