Cost of rearing children - new data

Since 1960, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided estimates of expenditures on
children from birth through age 17. For the overall United States, child-rearing expense estimates ranged between $10,220 and $11,290 per year for a child in a two-child, married-couple family in the middle-income group.

Here is a link to the latest child-rearing expenses. Click here.