
Poverty Rates for Blacks and Hispanics Reached Historic Lows in …
2024年4月15日 · The figure shows that for Blacks, the poverty rate of 18.8% in 2019 was the lowest rate observed since poverty estimates were first produced for this group for 1959.
Poverty in the United States: 2023 - Census.gov
2024年9月10日 · Official Poverty Measure: In 2023, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 11.1 percent. There were 36.8 million people in poverty in 2023, not statistically different from 2022 (Figure 1 and Table A-1).
Poverty in the United States: 2022 - Census.gov
2024年12月3日 · The SPM rate in 2022 was 12.4 percent, an increase of 4.6 percentage points from 2021. This is the first increase in the overall SPM poverty rate since 2010 (Figure 6 and Table B-2).
Income Inequality - Census.gov
2023年9月12日 · Income inequality is the extent to which income is distributed unevenly among a population.
National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2025
2025年1月15日 · Official Poverty Measure. In 2023, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 11.1 percent. There were 36.8 million people in poverty in 2023, not statistically different from 2022 (Figure 1 and Table A-1).
Income and Poverty - Census.gov
2024年10月22日 · Income is the gauge many use to determine the well-being of the U.S. population. Survey and census questions cover poverty, income, and wealth.
Historical Poverty Tables: People and Families - 1959 to 2023
2024年9月10日 · People 65 and Over with Incomes Below 125 Percent of the Poverty Threshold and the Near Poor by Race [<1.0 MB] Table 12. Female-Headed Households as a Percent of Families by Poverty Status: 1959 to 2023 [<1.0 MB]
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019 - Census.gov
The official poverty rate in 2019 was 10.5 percent, down 1.3 percentage points from 11.8 percent in 2018. This is the fifth consecutive annual decline in poverty.
Payday, Poverty, and Women - Census.gov
2024年10月3日 · This week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018 report.. One of the most cited estimates from that report is the female-to-male earnings ratio, a metric of how well women are paid compared with men.
How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty
Following the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive 14, the Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty.