With an expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC), child poverty could have been as low as 8.6 percent in 2023

Child poverty in the United States based on the Supplemental Poverty Measure from 2017 - 2023

Note: Figures use thresholds adjusted for inflation with the Consumer Price Index Retroactive Series "anchored" to 2023.
Chart: Arizona Center for Economic ProgressSource: CBPP analysis of Supplemental Poverty Measure data from U.S. Census Bureau partly accessed via IPUMS-CPS) and Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University poverty reduction analysis of the 2023 American Family ActCreated with Datawrapper