Impact of Expanded Child Tax Credit on Rural Areas

Estimates of the number and percentage of rural children who would benefit from the proposed expansion of the child tax credit. States with no rural counties or unreliable data are gray.

The map shows the percentage of rural children who would benefit from an expanded child tax credit.
State figures exclude Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, and Virginia due to lack of reliable data on metropolitan/non-metropolitan (metro/non-metro) residence. N/A: Not applicable because entire state is metro. Under the Office of Management and Budget’s 2015 delineations, metro areas are generally defined as cities of 50,000 or more people and surrounding counties that contain or are strongly connected to that city by commuting. All other areas are considered non-metro. Rural and non-metro are used interchangeably.
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