21 Statistics About The Explosive Growth Of Poverty Under Obama That Everyone Should Know 18 Apr, 2013 by John Hawkins 10 – One university study estimates that child poverty costs the U.S. economy 500 billion dollars each year. Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21