Number of Black Children in Poverty May Have Eclipsed Whites for First Time on Record
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Number of Black Children in Poverty May Have Eclipsed Whites for First Time on Record

Year Asian White Black Hispanic
1976 4.8 3.8 1.4
1977 4.7 3.9 1.4
1978 4.5 3.8 1.4
1979 4.7 3.8 1.5
1980 5.5 4.0 1.7
1981 5.9 4.2 1.9
1982 6.6 4.5 2.2
1983 6.6 4.4 2.3
1984 6.2 4.4 2.4
1985 5.7 4.2 2.6
1986 5.8 4.1 2.5
1987 0.5 5.2 4.4 2.7
1988 0.5 4.9 4.3 2.6
1989 0.4 5.1 4.4 2.6
1990 0.4 5.5 4.6 2.9
1991 0.4 5.9 4.8 3.1
1992 0.4 6.0 5.1 3.6
1993 0.4 6.3 5.1 3.9
1994 0.3 5.8 4.9 4.1
1995 0.6 5.1 4.8 4.1
1996 0.6 5.1 4.5 4.2
1997 0.6 5.2 4.2 4.0
1998 0.6 4.8 4.2 3.8
1999 0.4 4.2 3.8 3.7
2000 0.4 4.0 3.6 3.5
2001 0.4 4.2 3.5 3.6
2002 0.3 4.1 3.6 3.8
2003 0.3 4.2 3.9 4.1
2004 0.3 4.5 3.8 4.1
2005 0.3 4.3 3.8 4.1
2006 0.4 4.2 3.8 4.1
2007 0.4 4.3 3.9 4.5
2008 0.4 4.4 3.9 5.0
2009 0.5 4.9 4.0 5.6
2010 0.5 4.9 4.4 6.1
2011 0.5 4.9 4.3 6.0
2012 0.5 4.8 4.2 6.0
2013 0.4 4.1 4.2 5.4