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Expenditures on Children by Families (what it costs to raise a child)
Link: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/CRC/crc2009.pdf
From the press release - USDA's new annual report, Expenditures on Children by Families, finds that a middle-income family with a child born in 2009 can expect to spend about $222,360 ($286,050 if inflation is factored in) for food, shelter, and other necessities to raise that child over the next 17 years. This represents less than a 1 percent increase from 2008, the smallest increase this decade, which likely reflects the state of the economy.