ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT

BLACK CHILDREN ARE GROWING

The last survey of the mass population in the UK was the Census of 2011. That found that:

of black people live in social housing.

That's one indicator of poverty.

More recent government statistics found that:

45%

of all black children are growing up in poverty.

That compares to just:

25%

of white children who are growing up in poverty.

Hover over the percentages to reveal!

Nearly half of the black children growing up in this country are growing up poor.

Faizer Shaheen notes that the: "odds are stacked against them from the start."

40%

of all black people live in social housing.

That's one indicator of poverty.