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SPM child poverty rate, 2027

What will the Supplemental Poverty Measure child poverty rate be for calendar year 2027 as published by the U.S. Census Bureau?

current forecast · 80% CI11.8%
10.5%11.8%13.4%
history:2021: 5.2%2022: 12.4%2023: 13.7%2024: 13.4%2025e: 12.9%

Trend

history + forecast
3.87.611.315.120212025eSep 202811.8%
historyforecast path80% interval

static prototype estimate · seeded forecast value

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distribution
201 CDF points
ledger fact
census.spm.child_poverty_rate.2027

Key drivers

  • TCJA extension status (CTC, EITC)
  • Unemployment trajectory
  • SNAP benefit levels
  • Refundable credit phase-ins

Resolution

source
U.S. Census Bureau, SPM annual release
expected
September 15, 2028
rule
Resolves to the official SPM child poverty rate (children under 18) published in the Census Poverty in the United States report covering CY2027.
Data point
census.spm.child_poverty_rate.2027

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

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