---
title: "Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation"
description: "The spread of poverty across the United States that began at the onset of the Great Recession of 2007-2009 and accelerated last year hit one fast-growing demographic group especially hard: Latino children."
date: "2011-09-28"
authors:
  - name: "Mark Hugo Lopez"
    job_title: "Director, Race and Ethnicity Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/mark-hugo-lopez/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2011/09/28/childhood-poverty-among-hispanics-sets-record-leads-nation/"
categories:
  - "Economic Conditions"
  - "Poverty"
  - "Race & Ethnicity"
---

# Childhood Poverty Among Hispanics Sets Record, Leads Nation

The spread of poverty across the United States that began at the onset of the Great Recession of 2007-2009 and accelerated last year hit one fast-growing demographic group especially hard: Latino children.