In the Unites States, the most likely people to be poor are children. Which of the following is true of children in poverty in America?

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A) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2019, 14 percent of the entire population in the United States lived in poverty, and nearly one in five (19 percent) of children lived in poverty.
B) This statistic is not entirely accurate. According to the same report, 21% of children ages 0-5 lived in poverty.
C) According to a report by the National Center for Children in Poverty, 11 percent of the 24 million American children living in poverty live in families with incomes less than half the poverty level.

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