In 2023, the around 11.1 percent of the population was living below the national poverty line in the United States. Poverty in the United StatesAs shown in the statistic above, the poverty rate among all people living in the United States has shifted within the last 15 years. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines poverty as follows: “Absolute poverty measures poverty in relation to the amount of money necessary to meet basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. The concept of absolute poverty is not concerned with broader quality of life issues or with the overall level of inequality in society.” The poverty rate in the United States varies widely across different ethnic groups. American Indians and Alaska Natives are the ethnic group with the most people living in poverty in 2022, with about 25 percent of the population earning an income below the poverty line. In comparison to that, only 8.6 percent of the White (non-Hispanic) population and the Asian population were living below the poverty line in 2022. Children are one of the most poverty endangered population groups in the U.S. between 1990 and 2022. Child poverty peaked in 1993 with 22.7 percent of children living in poverty in that year in the United States. Between 2000 and 2010, the child poverty rate in the United States was increasing every year; however,this rate was down to 15 percent in 2022. The number of people living in poverty in the U.S. varies from state to state. Compared to California, where about 4.44 million people were living in poverty in 2022, the state of Minnesota had about 429,000 people living in poverty.

The average for 2020 based on 4 countries was 30.88 percent. The highest value was in Mexico: 43.9 percent and the lowest value was in Dominican Republic: 23.4 percent. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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</ul>Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international 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.

In 2023, **** percent of Black people living in the United States were living below the poverty line, compared to *** percent of white people. That year, the total poverty rate in the U.S. across all races and ethnicities was **** percent. Poverty in the United States Single people in the United States making less than ****** U.S. dollars a year and families of four making less than ****** U.S. dollars a year are considered to be below the poverty line. Women and children are more likely to suffer from poverty, due to women staying home more often than men to take care of children, and women suffering from the gender wage gap. Not only are women and children more likely to be affected, racial minorities are as well due to the discrimination they face. Poverty data Despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world, the United States had the third highest poverty rate out of all OECD countries in 2019. However, the United States' poverty rate has been fluctuating since 1990, but has been decreasing since 2014. The average median household income in the U.S. has remained somewhat consistent since 1990, but has recently increased since 2014 until a slight decrease in 2020, potentially due to the pandemic. The state that had the highest number of people living below the poverty line in 2020 was California.

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Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Sioux County, ND (S1701ACS038085) from 2012 to 2023 about Sioux County, ND; ND; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Estimated Percent of People of All Ages in Poverty for North Carolina (PPAANC37000A156NCEN) from 1989 to 2023 about NC, percent, child, poverty, and USA.

In 2021, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the city with the highest poverty rate of the United States' most populated cities. In this statistic, the cities are sorted by poverty rate, not population. The most populated city in 2021 according to the source was New York city - which had a poverty rate of 18 percent.

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In 2023, about 12.8 percent of North Carolina's 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. . The poverty rate of the United States can be accessed here.

The Poverty Mapping Project: Small Area Estimates of Poverty and Inequality data set consists of consumption-based poverty, inequality and related measures for subnational administrative Units in approximately twenty countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. These measures are derived on a country-level basis from a combination of census and survey data using small area estimates techniques. The collection of data have been compiled, integrated and standardized from the original data providers into a unified spatially referenced and globally consistent data set. The data products include shapefiles (vector data), tabular data sets (csv format), and centroids (csv file with latitude and longitude of a geographic Unit and associated poverty estimates). Additionally, a data catalog (xls format) containing detailed information and documentation is provided. This data set is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) in collaboration with a number of external data providers.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Ward County, ND (S1701ACS038101) from 2012 to 2023 about Ward County, ND; ND; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.

Black or African American Poverty Rate Statistics for 2022. This is part of a larger dataset covering poverty in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by age, education, race, gender, work experience and more.

Black or African American Poverty Rate Statistics for 2023. This is part of a larger dataset covering poverty in Randolph County, North Carolina by age, education, race, gender, work experience and more.

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© Ratio This layer is a component of ERS SNAP Data System.

This map service contains maps and data relevant to SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) participation and benefits

© Detailed documentation on data sources used in the ERS SNAP Data System map services is available here: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-(snap)-data-system/documentation.aspx

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Halifax County, NC (S1701ACS037083) from 2012 to 2023 about Halifax County, NC; NC; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.

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Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Renville County, ND (S1701ACS038075) from 2012 to 2023 about Renville County, ND; ND; percent; poverty; 5-year; population; and USA.

These data identify persistent poverty counties for 10|20|30 funding formulas. In these counties, at least 20% of the population had incomes below poverty in 1997, 2007, 2017, and 2020 as estimated by the Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) from the US Census Bureau. These data also indicate how many times a county met this threshold for these 4 periods (from 0 to 4). In addition, these data include the total number of census tracts and tracts consisting of 20% or more of the population with incomes below poverty (considered "high poverty" tracts) based on the 2015-2019 American Community Survey estimates. The data also include the percent in poverty and the population in poverty for these four periods. Please note that LINC also includes historical data on poverty from the American Community Survey and the 2000 and before decennial census. These estimates may differ. In addition, the choice of different time periods may lead to different results regarding persistent poverty counties and numbers of high poverty census tracts.