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Children in families that receive public assistance by race and ethnicity in United States
Children in families that receive public assistance by race and ethnicity
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Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
Population of children under age 18 in families that receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), cash public assistance income, or Food Stamps/SNAP in the previous 12 months.
Data Source
Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2005, 2008, 2010, and 2013 to 2019, 2021 American Community Survey.
Notes
Updated November 2022.
S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.
N.A. – Data not available.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Children in families that receive public assistance by race and ethnicity.
S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.
N.A. – Data not available.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Children in families that receive public assistance by race and ethnicity.
Last Updated
December 2022