2026 update: this page uses the latest data available: LendingTree’s 2026 cost-of-raising-a-child study (updated April 6, 2026), which mostly uses 2024 data. It’s a private estimate. The last U.S. government estimate, from the USDA, covers a child born in 2015 and hasn’t been updated since.
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