Monday, July 14, 2025

Follow

Contact Support Us

Over 22K children in Philly’s suburbs are experiencing deep poverty

A piggy bank from the depths of hell. October 24, 2016 Category: ResultsShort
While national conversations about poverty have largely been focused on the country’s “inner cities” and “rural hamlets,” poverty rates in American suburbs have been increasing since the Great Recession.

Earlier this year, Philadelphia Foundation President and CEO Pedro Ramos said funders and nonprofits will soon have to start thinking about how to cap spreading poverty rates in Philadelphia’s suburban counties.

“The inner-ring suburbs of Philadelphia will eventually be feeling all the stresses we’ve often associated with the city — the so-called ‘inner city’ — over the years,” he said.

According to a series of reports being published this month by Public Citizens For Children and Youth (PCCY), “eventually” is now: The organization has found that more than 53,000 children are living in poverty across Delaware, Montgomery, Chester and Bucks counties — 7,000 more than the peak of the Great Recession.

Additionally, half of the children (22,610) are from families experiencing deep poverty.

PCCY has already published reports on Delaware and Bucks counties. According to the nonprofit, the Montgomery county report will be published this week with Chester to follow “shortly after.” The series will conclude with a report on Philadelphia county.

From our Partners

We’ll check back in with a wrap once the full series has been published.

(While we’re here, the Atlantic published a great piece earlier this month on the problem with conflating urban poverty and people of color.)

Trending News

Community Development Financial Institutions: Agents of Change Kyron Ryals
Your City, Your Budget? Philly’s Fight for a Budget That Reflects the People Laura Duarte Bateman
Why I Didn't Vote — And Why That Matters Monique Curry-Mims
Does low voter turnout in Philadelphia highlight a need for reform? Joelle DelPrete
Big and Disastrous  Monique Curry-Mims

Related Posts

July 9, 2025

Does low voter turnout in Philadelphia highlight a need for reform?

Read More >
May 21, 2025

Gun Violence Stats Are Dropping; Fear Among Youth Remains High

Read More >
January 22, 2025

Philly In Paris: The Sky's The Limit

Read More >