Once upon a time, we knew that there were poor people. Today, poverty has increased in severity so much that there are now multiple measures of how poor people are. Are children in the United States poor? Data would indicate yes, with poverty being unequally distributed according to race. Which races have the highest, and lowest, amount of poverty? What does the data say about children who are in "severe" or "extreme" poverty? As policy makers and healthcare service providers, what does this data teach us, and how can we use it to make the lives of children better?