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Child Poverty Profile |
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| Children
in poverty |
125,868 |
About a third of children in extreme poverty receive welfare. |
| Under
5 below poverty |
53,898 |
| Children
in extreme poverty |
59,420 |
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| Welfare
(TANF) children |
20,241 |
| Children
5 or under on welfare |
8,115 |
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| Percent
of poor children 5 or under on welfare |
15% |
| ratio
of children on welfare to those in extreme poverty |
0.34 |
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Source: ACF,
AECF
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