Article Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- by ERIN RICHARDS of the Journal Sentinel Dec 12, 2012View original article on JSOnline.com
The percentage of children living in poverty rose to 18.4% for Wisconsin and almost 32% for Milwaukee County in 2011, according to new U.S. Census figures.
The data from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates shows that between 2007 and 2011, 37 Wisconsin counties saw a significant increase in children between the ages of 5 and 17 living in families in poverty.
But a few Milwaukee-area counties still have some of the lowest childhood poverty rates in the Midwest region.
Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties all had between 6% and 8% of their resident children living in poverty.
Menominee County, where 47% of those under the age of 18 are in poverty, had one of the highest childhood poverty rates in the Midwest region.
The data also shows poverty rates for children broken down by school district boundaries.
In 2011, the Milwaukee Public School district had 112,298 children between the ages of 5 and 17 living within its boundary. According to the Census figures, 42,555 of those children, or 37.9%, were in families in poverty.
That’s up from 2007. At that time, 120,900 children between the ages of 5 and 17 were living within the MPS boundary, and 39,231 of them, or 32.4%, were in families in poverty.
The percentage of children living in poverty rose to 18.4% for Wisconsin and almost 32% for Milwaukee County in 2011, according to new U.S. Census figures.
The data from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates shows that between 2007 and 2011, 37 Wisconsin counties saw a significant increase in children between the ages of 5 and 17 living in families in poverty.
But a few Milwaukee-area counties still have some of the lowest childhood poverty rates in the Midwest region.
Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties all had between 6% and 8% of their resident children living in poverty.
Menominee County, where 47% of those under the age of 18 are in poverty, had one of the highest childhood poverty rates in the Midwest region.
The data also shows poverty rates for children broken down by school district boundaries.
In 2011, the Milwaukee Public School district had 112,298 children between the ages of 5 and 17 living within its boundary. According to the Census figures, 42,555 of those children, or 37.9%, were in families in poverty.
That’s up from 2007. At that time, 120,900 children between the ages of 5 and 17 were living within the MPS boundary, and 39,231 of them, or 32.4%, were in families in poverty.
