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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2017
Parents, save up:
Cost of raising a child
is more than $233K
By MARY CLARE
JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
—
Expecting a baby? Congrat-
ulations! Better put plenty
of money in your savings
account.
The Department of Agri-
culture says the estimated cost
of raising a child from birth
through age 17 is $233,610,
or as much as almost $14,000
annually. That’s the average
for a middle-income cou-
ple with two children. It’s a
bit more expensive in urban
parts of the country, and less
so in rural areas.
The estimate released
Monday is based on 2015
numbers, so a baby born this
year is likely to cost even
more. It’s a 3 percent increase
from the prior year, a hike
higher than inflation.
Since 1960, USDA has
compiled the annual report
to inform — and probably
terrify — budget-preparing
parents. State governments
and courts also use the infor-
mation to write child sup-
port and foster care guide-
lines. The main costs include
housing, food, transportation,
health care, education, cloth-
ing and other miscellaneous
expenses.
Up to a third of the total
cost is housing, account-
ing for 26 to 33 percent of
the total expense of rais-
ing a child. USDA comes up
with those numbers by cal-
culating the average cost of
an additional bedroom — an
approach the department says
is probably conservative,
because it doesn’t account for
those families who pay more
to live in communities that
have better schools or other
amenities for children.
Different regions
The cost of raising a child
varies in different regions of
the country. Overall, mid-
dle-income,
married-cou-
ple families in the urban
Northeast spent the most
($253,770), followed by those
in the urban West ($235,140)
and urban South ($221,730).
Those in the urban Midwest
spent less ($217,020), along
with those in rural areas
($193,020).
USDA estimates the
annual housing cost per child
in urban areas is $3,900,
while it’s $2,400 in rural
areas.
There were also differ-
ences depending on income.
Lower-income families are
expected to spend around
$174,690 per child from birth
through 17; higher-income
families will spend a whop-
ping $372,210.
The average middle-in-
come family earns between
$59,200 and $107,400 before
taxes.
After housing, child care,
education and food are the
highest costs for families.
For a middle-income couple
with two children, food costs
make up about 18 percent of
the cost of raising a child.
Child care and education
costs make up 16 percent.
Education costs have
sharply risen since 1960,
when USDA estimated that
those expenses were around
2 percent of child-rearing
expenses. The report says this
growth is likely due to the
increased number of women
in the workforce, prompting
the need for more child care.
The numbers don’t even
include the annual cost of
college, which the govern-
ment estimates is $45,370 for
a private college and $20,090
for a public college.
New parents may flinch
at the costs of diapers and
baby gear, but it’s going to
get worse. While a child costs
around $12,680 when he or
she is between 0 and 2, a teen-
ager between 15 and 17 costs
around $13,900 annually.
USDA says food, trans-
portation, clothing and health
care expenses all grow as a
child ages. Transportation
costs are highest for the old-
est children, perhaps because
they start driving, and child
care and education costs are
highest for six and under.
There is some good news
for big families. Families with
three or more children spend
an average of 24 percent less
per child. USDA says that’s
because children often share
bedrooms in bigger families,
clothing and toys are handed
down and food can be pur-
chased in larger and more
economical packages. Also,
private schools and child care
providers may offer sibling
discounts.
In contrast, one-child
households spend an average
of 27 percent more on the sin-
gle child.
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Airport shooting suspect
makes initial court appearance
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Iraq war veteran held in
the fatal shooting of five people inside Fort Lauderdale’s airport
answered questions in a clear voice today as he was appointed
public defenders and told he could face the death penalty.
Esteban Santiago, 26, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge
Alicia Valle, who ordered him held until his next hearings.
Shackled in a red jumpsuit in the heavily guarded federal
courtroom, Santiago answered mostly yes or no to questions,
and told the judge he understands the charges, which include
committing violence against people at an international airport
resulting in death, and two firearms offenses.
She told him the death penalty could apply.
“We are telling you the maximum penalty allowed by law so
that you understand the seriousness of the charges,” the judge
said.
He said he had been in the Army, where he made about
$15,000 a year. He mentioned expenses including $560 in
monthly rent, plus phone and other utility bills. He said he owns
no property and doesn’t have a vehicle. He said he had worked
for a security company, Signal 88, in Anchorage, Alaska, until
November, making $2,100 a month, but currently only had $5
to $10 in the bank.
US had near record heat, costly
weather disasters in 2016
WASHINGTON — With steamy nights, sticky days and
torrential downpours, last year went down as one of the warm-
est and wildest weather years on record in the United States.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
announced today that 2016 was the second hottest year in the
U.S. as Alaska warmed dramatically and nighttime tempera-
tures set a record.
The U.S. also notched its second highest number of weather
disasters that cost at least $1 billion in damage: 15 separate ones
together caused $46 billion in damage and 138 deaths.
Later this month, global temperatures will be calculated,
giving climate scientists more information as they monitor the
planet’s warming.
The regular tally of the nation’s weather year shows that
even on a smaller scale — the U.S. is only 2 percent of the
Earth’s area — climate change is becoming more noticeable
even amid the natural variations that play such a large role in
day to day weather.
The average temperature last year in the Lower 48 states
was 54.9 degrees (12.7 Celsius), nearly 3 degrees above the
20th Century average of 52 (11.1 Celsius). It’s the 20th con-
secutive year that the United States was warmer than normal.
Only 2012’s 55.3 (12.9 Celsius)degrees was warmer in the
122 years of U.S. record keeping.
“It is certainly a data point on a trend that we’ve seen: a
general warming,” said Deke Arndt, climate monitoring chief
at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information in
Asheville, North Carolina.. “All five of the warmest years on
record have been since 1998 in the U.S.”
Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Esteban Santiago is taken from the Broward County main
jail as he is transported to the federal courthouse in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., today. Santiago is accused of fatally
shooting several people at a crowded Florida airport bag-
gage claim and faces airport violence and firearms charges
that could mean the death penalty if he’s convicted.
Trump and his Cabinet picks
prepare for grilling
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump and his Cabinet
picks are preparing to face public questioning over their business
conflicts, their approach to Russia and other issues during a cru-
cial week that will including a slew of confirmation hearings and
Trump’s first news conference in nearly three months.
Trump is less than two weeks away from taking office, but has
yet to lay out how he intends to disengage himself from his global
business interests.
Questions also remain about whether the president-elect will
accept the conclusion of U.S. intelligence officials that Russia
meddled in the U.S. election to help him win the White House.
Aides say he’ll decide how to respond to their efforts after his
inauguration.
Trump’s incoming chief of staff, Reince Priebus, said Sunday
that Trump indeed has accepted that Russia was responsible for the
hacking, which targeted the Democratic National Committee and a
top aide to former rival Hillary Clinton.
“He’s not denying that entities in Russia were behind this par-
ticular campaign,” Priebus said in an appearance on a Sunday tele-
vision news show.
Intelligence officials allege that Moscow directed a series of
hacks in order to help Trump win the White House in the race
against Clinton. Trump has expressed skepticism about Russia’s
role and declined to say whether he agrees that the meddling was
done on his behalf. He’s also said improving relations with Rus-
sia would be a good thing and that only “stupid” people would
disagree.
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