D.C., region show disturbing rises in childhood poverty

The census information point out that the recession took an uneven toll within the Washington area, inflicting particular pain on minority children in suburbs the place poverty as soon as was unusual. But poverty rates amongst white children rose by not more than a proportion level or two and remained in the single digits.

In Maryland, which has the nation's highest Inflatable Nemo Bouncer Slide
median household earnings, the number of poor kids in Montgomery and Anne Arundel counties roughly doubled over two years.

One in three African American youngsters in Anne Arundel was poor last 12 months and virtually one in four was in Frederick County, reflecting main increases over two years. But Prince George's County had about four,500 fewer black youngsters in poverty, a decline of a few quarter.

"Individuals say Maryland is immune, but this shows you it is not," said Matthew Joseph, executive director for Advocates for Kids and Youth in Baltimore