In 2023, approximately 10.4 percent of Massachusetts' population lived below the poverty line. This accounts for persons or families whose collective income in the preceding 12 months was below the national poverty level of the United States.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Middlesex County, MA (S1701ACS025017) from 2012 to 2023 about Middlesex County, MA; Boston; MA; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.

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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Middlesex County, MA was 7.50% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Middlesex County, MA reached a record high of 8.40 in January of 2014 and a record low of 7.20 in January of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Middlesex County, MA - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on August of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Norfolk County, MA (S1701ACS025021) from 2012 to 2023 about Norfolk County, MA; Boston; MA; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.

Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Suffolk County, MA was 16.50% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Suffolk County, MA reached a record high of 21.20 in January of 2014 and a record low of 16.50 in January of 2023. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Suffolk County, MA - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Worcester County, MA was 10.30% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Worcester County, MA reached a record high of 11.80 in January of 2015 and a record low of 9.70 in January of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Worcester County, MA - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Morocco MA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 1.400 % in 2013. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.200 % for 2006. Morocco MA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.300 % from Dec 1984 (Median) to 2013, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.200 % in 1984 and a record low of 1.400 % in 2013. Morocco MA: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Morocco – Table MA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

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Morocco MA: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 13.100 % in 2013. This records a decrease from the previous number of 22.000 % for 2006. Morocco MA: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 26.600 % from Dec 1984 (Median) to 2013, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34.600 % in 1984 and a record low of 13.100 % in 2013. Morocco MA: Poverty Gap at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Morocco – Table MA.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $6.85 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $6.85 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Franklin County, MA was 12.20% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Franklin County, MA reached a record high of 12.20 in January of 2023 and a record low of 9.70 in January of 2019. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Franklin County, MA - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

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Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hampden County, MA was 15.70% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hampden County, MA reached a record high of 17.70 in January of 2013 and a record low of 15.70 in January of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Hampden County, MA - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Berkshire County, MA was 11.00% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Berkshire County, MA reached a record high of 13.00 in January of 2015 and a record low of 9.70 in January of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Berkshire County, MA - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on August of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Worcester County, MA (S1701ACS025027) from 2012 to 2023 about Worcester County, MA; Worcester; MA; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.

Thematic map of Massachusetts cities and towns 1999: education, poverty, and income. Thematic map of Massachusetts cities and towns by percent of the 25 and older population with a high school graduate degree or higher. Thematic map of the percent of families below the poverty level in 1999. Thematic map of 1999 median household income

The included document uses GIS to investigate and compare Medicare and Medicaid provider infrastructure in Massachusetts. Provider addresses were geocoded and then compared to the geospatial locations of each insurance programs' eligible patient populations (percent of population of each census tract over 65 for Medicare and percent population for each census tract below the Federal Poverty Line for Medicaid). Massachusetts (MA) was picked for the comparison because Medicaid provider data, unlike Medicare provider data, is only available on cms.gov's website going back to 2011 and 2010, before the ACA was implemented in most states. However, MA had enacted "An Act Providing Access to Affordable, Quality, Accountable Health Care" in 2006, which had similar provisions to the subsequent ACA. The included maps used direct comparisons, buffers, and kernel density. Provider addresses obtained from: CMS' MAX Provider Characteristics and Provider of Services Current Files.

This statistic shows the median household income in the United States from 1990 to 2023 in 2023 U.S. dollars. The median household income was 80,610 U.S. dollars in 2023, an increase from the previous year. Household incomeThe median household income depicts the income of households, including the income of the householder and all other individuals aged 15 years or over living in the household. Income includes wages and salaries, unemployment insurance, disability payments, child support payments received, regular rental receipts, as well as any personal business, investment, or other kinds of income received routinely. The median household income in the United States varies from state to state. In 2020, the median household income was 86,725 U.S. dollars in Massachusetts, while the median household income in Mississippi was approximately 44,966 U.S. dollars at that time. Household income is also used to determine the poverty line in the United States. In 2021, about 11.6 percent of the U.S. population was living in poverty. The child poverty rate, which represents people under the age of 18 living in poverty, has been growing steadily over the first decade since the turn of the century, from 16.2 percent of the children living below the poverty line in year 2000 to 22 percent in 2010. In 2021, it had lowered to 15.3 percent. The state with the widest gap between the rich and the poor was New York, with a Gini coefficient score of 0.51 in 2019. The Gini coefficient is calculated by looking at average income rates. A score of zero would reflect perfect income equality and a score of one indicates a society where one person would have all the money and all other people have nothing.