General Decline in Child Poverty: Broadly speaking, data from the US Census shows a reduction in child poverty* across the 10-County Area known as the Capital Area Council of Governments(aka, “CAPCOG”). This seems to fit with a broader trend of declining child poverty across Texas.
Bastrop County Is An Outlier: While child poverty generally has been on the decline, Bastrop County has seen a relatively steady increase in child poverty since 2012, with substantial increases occuring in nearly every income-ratio band.
Several Counties Have Seen Declines In Poorest Child Populations: Of the eight income-ratio bands accounted for here, several counties in the CAPCOG area have seen large reductions in the share of their poorest children.
Caveats: Several of the rural area estimates have pretty large margins of error, which suggest ACS efforts in those areas have been difficult to substantiate. Most notably, this is illustrated by massive absence of ACS 1-Year estimates for many of the areas shown here.
*Child Poverty is defined by Children Under 6 Years of Age Living Below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines
