More kids are living in poverty now than during the great recession that of 2008 - that from a new study put out by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. USA Today reports that childhood poverty rose substantially from 2008 to 2013.

About 22% of children in the U.S. lived below the poverty line in 2013, compared with 18% in 2008, the foundation's 2015 Kids Count Data Book reported. In 2013, the U.S. Department of Human and Health Service's official poverty line was $23,624 for a family with two adults and two children.

The report found the childhood poverty rate to be even higher in minority groups - African American 39%, American Indian 37%, Hispanic 33%, Asian/Pacific Islander 14% and White 14%.

The report examined data from several federal agencies ranging from 2008 to 2013 to assess state-by-state trends of 16 factors of children's well-being, including economics, education, health and family and community. It found that one in four children — a total of 18.7 million kids — lived in low-income households in 2013; low-income families were defined as those who use more than 30% of their pre-tax income for housing.

Childhood poverty was lowest in Minnesota followed by New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Iowa and Vermont