Locally the numbers are even more dramatic, with 60 percent of black children in poverty in Detroit, according to Kurt Metzger, a longtime metro Detroit data expert.

Sixty percent of children in Detroit live in poverty, per the "State of Detroit" report. This represents a 64.7 percent increase in child poverty in the city since 1999.

Detroit continues to have more children living in extreme poverty than any of the nation's 50 largest cities, according to a national report released Thursday. More than 59 percent of Detroit ...

The names of Darnell and Amillah Currie should trouble the sleep of everyone in our community who lies down at night in a warm, comfortable bed.

Detroit, meanwhile, continues to have a higher proportion of children living in poverty than any of the 50 largest US cities.

The rate of hospitalizations for asthma among children in Detroit, 46 percent compared to 15 percent statewide, reflects the pervasive poverty and unhealthy living conditions in the city.

DETROIT, MI - The economy might be improving, but it reportedly hasn't done much to help Detroit's children. A demographer, according to CBS Detroit, recently calculated that 60 percent of the ...

In Detroit, the rate of children in poverty decreased from 2008-2015. A 24 percent drop is a step in the right direction for the city of Detroit.

Child poverty in Michigan has improved, but still lags behind the national average and other Midwest states ...

And without an additional income, they also tend to be living in a great deal of poverty. Detroit has the most children living in extreme poverty in the United States - 32 percent.

Detroit's child poverty rate was measured at 59 percent in 2012 and in 2013, according to Kids Count 2015, a study conducted across the country with support from the Maryland-based Annie E. Casey ...