WASHINGTON - Maryland had the lowest percentage of children younger than 5 living in poverty of any of the United States in 2005, according to new estimates from the Census Bureau.
The survey said 12.2 percent of children under 5 lived below the poverty line in Maryland, compared to a national average of 21.3 percent, according to a survey released by the Census Bureau's Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program.
Maryland also had the second-lowest overall poverty rate in the nation, as well as the second-highest median household income, according to the survey.
The state moved up the ladder in each of these...
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