The map shows that a large proportion of Southern and Western states have a higher percentage of child poverty at 14 percent or more, and includes states that have high levels of wealth like Texas ...

Overall, nearly half (45 percent, 47.8 million) of private sector workers in the US lack a single day of paid sick leave ... About 9.1 percent of people in working families lives in poverty and 26.3 ...

Eliminating extreme poverty—defined as surviving on $2.15 per person per day, in 2017 U.S. dollars—is the United Nations' top priority among 17 sustainable development goals.