Alabama was ranked 39th for overall child wellbeing in the U.S. in the 2024 Kids Count Data Book that was published this week. While the state has remained stagnant since 2023 across several factors, ...

Gov. Kay Ivey speaks the release of National Assessment of Educational Progress at Daniel Pratt Elementary School on Jan. 29, 2025 in Prattville. A recent analysis showed that 8th graders are falling ...

For 20 years, the percentage of Alabama children living in poverty has remained at about 20%. In 2022, 22% of the about ...

A young mother with a shopping cart grocery shopping for baby products in a supermarket. Census data shows that 41% of Alabama households are struggling to afford everyday expenses, ranking ...

MONTGOMERY (AP) — A national poverty reduction expert gave the state kudos for its success in taking steps to help Alabama's impoverished, but she also issued the new Alabama Commission to Reduce ...

MONTGOMERY — Alabama's poverty rate went down slightly from 2010 to 2011, while the median income in the state went up, according to new U.S. Census data.

The data, released in the 2024 Alabama Kids Count Data Book, reveals that the child poverty rate has remained stagnant for two decades. While Alabama ranks 39th overall in child well-being, it ranks ...

Alabama has some of the nation's highest percentages of households struggling to afford everyday expenses, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Household Pulse Survey, which ...