ECO

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Source

U.S. Census Bureau

Year	Percent Christopher J. Zappe, Ph.D.: Percent of all individuals under the age of 18 living below the poverty level in the United States.
1959	27.3
1960	26.9
1961	25.6
1962	25.0
1963	23.1
1964	23.0
1965	21.0
1966	17.6
1967	16.6
1968	15.6
1969	14.0
1970	15.1
1971	15.3
1972	15.1
1973	14.4
1974	15.4
1975	17.1
1976	16.0
1977	16.2
1978	15.9
1979	16.4
1980	18.3
1981	20.0
1982	21.9
1983	22.3
1984	21.5
1985	20.7
1986	20.5
1987	20.3
1988	19.5
1989	19.6
1990	20.6
1991	21.8
1992	22.3
1993	22.7
1994	21.8
1995	20.8
1996	20.5
1997	19.9
1998	18.9
1999	16.9
2000	16.1
2001	16.3
2002	16.7
2003	17.6
2004	17.8
2005	17.6
2006	17.4
2007	18.0
2008	19.0