Struggling Despite Hard Work: Low-Income Families in Michigan and Detroit

Child poverty rates are increasing in Michigan, and since 2000, the child poverty rate rose from 14 percent to 17 percent. In Detroit, 72 percent of children live in families that are low-income. For a two parent family with two children, the household income must be $40,000 in the city of Detroit to afford basic necessities. This fact sheet reviews the data around employment and work support use in Michigan.