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Statistics on children, youth and families in North Carolina from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and NC Child
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Definition
The share of children under age 18 who live in families with incomes less than 250% of the federal poverty level.
The federal poverty definition consists of a series of thresholds based on family size and composition. In 2021, a 250% poverty threshold for a family of two adults and two children was $68,697. Poverty status is not determined for people in military barracks, institutional quarters, or for unrelated individuals under age 15 (such as foster children).
Data Source
Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, 2001 Supplementary Survey, 2002 through 2019, 2021 American Community Survey.
Notes
S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.
N.A. – Data not available.
Data are provided for the 50 most populous cities according to the most recent Census counts. Cities for which data is collected may change over time.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at
Children below 250% poverty.Last Updated
November 2022