Using data from the 2014 American Community Survey, the current issue of Ohio Population News from Center for Family and Demographic Research at Bowling Green State University examines poverty among Ohio’s young children aged 0-4. In 2014, nearly half of Ohio’s young children were considered poor or low income, and a greater percentage of Ohio’s young children lived in poverty than in the United States as a whole. However, a greater percentage of Ohio’s young children in poverty received food stamps than the nation as a whole – an important indicator of social safety net support.
The report finds 27.5 percent of children 0-4 years live in poverty, that’s an increase from 2005 when the rate was 22.6 percent.
Find the Ohio Population News, http://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/center-for-family-and-demographic-research/documents/OPN/Ohio-Population-News-2017-Ohios-Young-Children.pdf.
