Study Shows More Kids in Iowa Below the Poverty Line

A new Iowa State study says the number of Iowa children in homes below the poverty level is rising faster than the national average. Sociology Professor David Peters, says 13.5% of the state’s kids are living in poverty compared to the national average of 18.2%. However, in the last decade, Iowa’s rate's gone up 3%, compared to 2% nationally. Peters says the number of kids in poverty's climbing even faster in the state's smaller cities: Fort Dodge, Waterloo, Marshalltown and Sioux City.