This month the Census Bureau released its population estimates for 2009, including the population below age 18. Exactly half of the states (plus Washington, D.C.) have fewer children now than they had in 2000. Nationally, the number of children grew by 2.2 million over the period, but most of this growth has been concentrated in a relatively few states. There are 10 states where the number of children increased by at least 100,000 since 2000, and Utah is among them.
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Don't underfund our children's future (Deseret News 6-25-10)
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