States in the South and West have the highest rates of child poverty, according to a U.S. Census, after the overall U.S. rate increased from 12.4 to 13.7 percent in 2023.

Between 2000 and 2007, the percent of children living in poverty in Colorado soared from 10 percent to 16 percent—an increase of more than 100,000 children.

The child poverty "systems map." But even with all those labels and pictures, people at the summit said there were many things that were not included in the map that should be.

This interactive heat map, published on Wednesday by End Child Poverty, lays bare how hundreds of thousands of families often do not have enough money to clothe and feed their children.

The child poverty rate doubled in 2022, increasing for the first time since 2010, and increased again last year. Newsweek. Map Reveals States With Highest Child Poverty Rates Across US.