Texas Children & Poverty
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Texas’ national ranking for gap between
wealthy and poor
23
Percentage of Texas
children living in poverty
600,000
Number of new Texans under 17 qualifying for food stamps since December 2007
42nd
Texas’ ranking for
education attainment and income level
1.7m
Texas children in 2009 who meet the federal definition of poor
(living in households where earnings are $22,050 or less)
Source: Texans Care for Children