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  1. U.S. poverty rate in the United States 2023, by race and ethnicity

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025
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    Statista (2025). U.S. poverty rate in the United States 2023, by race and ethnicity [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200476/us-poverty-rate-by-ethnic-group/
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    Jun 25, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    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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    Income Before Taxes: Public Assistance, Supplemental Security Income, SNAP...

    • fred.stlouisfed.org
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    Updated Sep 25, 2024
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    (2024). Income Before Taxes: Public Assistance, Supplemental Security Income, SNAP by Race: White and All Other Races, Not Including Black or African American [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CXUWELFARELB0903M
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    Dataset updated
    Sep 25, 2024
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    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Public Assistance, Supplemental Security Income, SNAP by Race: White and All Other Races, Not Including Black or African American (CXUWELFARELB0903M) from 2003 to 2023 about supplements, assistance, social assistance, public, SNAP, food stamps, tax, white, food, income, and USA.

  3. U.S. poverty rate of Black families 1990-2023

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    Updated Sep 17, 2024
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    Statista (2024). U.S. poverty rate of Black families 1990-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205059/percentage-of-poor-black-families-in-the-us/
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    Sep 17, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2023, 15.4 percent of Black families were living below the poverty line in the United States. Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing, and shelter.

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    Income Before Taxes: Public Assistance, Supplemental Security Income, SNAP...

    • fred.stlouisfed.org
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    Updated Sep 25, 2024
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    (2024). Income Before Taxes: Public Assistance, Supplemental Security Income, SNAP by Hispanic or Latino Origin: Not Hispanic or Latino: White and All Other Races, Not Including Black or African American [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CXUWELFARELB1004M
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    Sep 25, 2024
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    https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#copyright-public-domainhttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#copyright-public-domain

    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Graph and download economic data for Income Before Taxes: Public Assistance, Supplemental Security Income, SNAP by Hispanic or Latino Origin: Not Hispanic or Latino: White and All Other Races, Not Including Black or African American (CXUWELFARELB1004M) from 2003 to 2023 about supplements, assistance, social assistance, public, SNAP, food stamps, tax, white, food, latino, hispanic, income, and USA.

  5. U.S. poverty rate of Black families with a single mother 1990-2023

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    Updated Sep 17, 2024
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    Statista (2024). U.S. poverty rate of Black families with a single mother 1990-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205114/percentage-of-poor-black-families-with-a-female-householder-in-the-us/
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    Sep 17, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 1990, 48.1 percent of all Black families with a single mother in the United States lived below the poverty level. In 2023, that figure had decreased to 25.9 percent. This is significantly higher than white households with a single mother. Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter.

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    Bronx 2010 African-Americans Receiving SNAP

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    Updated Aug 29, 2016
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    NYC.gov (2016). Bronx 2010 African-Americans Receiving SNAP [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/schema/bronx_lehman_cuny_edu/M2l4cy1pcHhl
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    Dataset updated
    Aug 29, 2016
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    License

    U.S. Government Workshttps://www.usa.gov/government-works
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    The Bronx
    Description

    Bronx census tract boundaries from the 2010 census with SNAP data. Data reflects the percentage of recipients receiving SNAP. The total should add up or close to 100%. They are NOT the percentage of the population in that census tract receiving SNAP benefits.

  7. Number of Black single mothers U.S. 1990-2022

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    Updated Jul 5, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Number of Black single mothers U.S. 1990-2022 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205106/number-of-black-families-with-a-female-householder-in-the-us/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 5, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2022, there were about 4.15 million Black families in the United States with a single mother. This is an increase from 1990 levels, when there were about 3.4 million Black families with a single mother.

    Single parenthood

    The typical family is comprised of two parents and at least one child. However, that is not the case in every single situation. A single parent is someone who has a child but no spouse or partner. Single parenthood occurs for different reasons, including divorce, death, abandonment, or single-person adoption. Historically, single parenthood was common due to mortality rates due to war, diseases, and maternal mortality. However, divorce was not as common back then, depending on the culture.

    Single parent wellbeing

    In countries where social welfare programs are not strong, single parents tend to suffer more financially, emotionally, and mentally. In the United States, most single parents are mothers. The struggles that single parents face are greater than those in two parent households. The number of families with a single mother in the United States has increased since 1990, but the poverty rate of black families with a single mother has significantly decreased since that same year. In comparison, the poverty rate of Asian families with a single mother, and the percentage of white, non-Hispanic families with a single mother who live below the poverty level in the United States have both been fluctuating since 2002.

  8. s

    State support

    • ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
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    Updated Jul 12, 2022
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    Race Disparity Unit (2022). State support [Dataset]. https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/benefits/state-support/latest
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    csv(256 KB)Available download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jul 12, 2022
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Race Disparity Unit
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    In the 3 years to March 2021, white British families were the most likely to receive a type of state support.

  9. Share of families in received income-related benefits UK 2015-2018, by...

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    Updated Jul 11, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Share of families in received income-related benefits UK 2015-2018, by ethnicity [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/676299/share-of-families-that-received-income-related-benefits-by-ethnicity-united-kingdom-uk/
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    Jul 11, 2025
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    Time period covered
    Apr 2015 - Mar 2018
    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    This statistic shows the share families that have received income-related benefits in the United Kingdom (UK) in the period from 2015 to 2018, by ethnic group of household head. In this period, ** percent of the families with head of the family being black/African black/Caribbean or British black received some form of income-related benefit.

  10. Social grant recipients in South Africa 2019, by population group

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    Updated Jun 3, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Social grant recipients in South Africa 2019, by population group [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116080/population-receiving-social-grants-in-south-africa-by-population-group/
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 3, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2019
    Area covered
    South Africa
    Description

    As of 2019, approximately 18 million South Africans vulnerable to poverty or in need of state support received social grants, relief assistance or social relief paid by the government. The largest group that received social grants were Black and Coloured South Africans.

  11. Black Africa Handbook

    • icpsr.umich.edu
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    Updated Feb 16, 1992
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    Black Africa Handbook [Dataset]. https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/5019
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    ascii, sas, spssAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Feb 16, 1992
    Dataset provided by
    Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Researchhttps://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/
    Authors
    Morrison, Donald; Mitchell, Robert; Paden, John; Stevenson, Michael
    License

    https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/5019/termshttps://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/5019/terms

    Area covered
    Chad, Global, Lesotho, Central African Republic, Liberia, Somalia, Gambia, Africa, Burundi, Nigeria
    Description

    This study contains data on the political, social, economic, religious, ecological, and demographic characteristics of 32 Black African nations in the late 1950s and 1960s. Data are provided on political regime characteristics, such as the existence and nature of political parties, elections, the nature of the judicial system, the extent of government influence, and the occurrence of riots, civil violence, terrorist activities, civil wars, irredentist movements, and coup d'etats. Economic variables provide information on government revenues, government expenditures, gross domestic capital formation, public investment as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP), gross national product (GNP), defense budgets, energy, investment, labor, number of wage earners as a percentage of active population, industrial production, electricity production, per capita energy consumption, educational expenditures, economic welfare, consumer price index, international economic aid, total international trade, imports and exports, agriculture, and membership in major African multilateral economic organizations. Also included is information on the military and security systems, Africanization of the army officer corps, international relations, membership in nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), communication and transportation, and social welfare. Other variables provide information on population estimates and characteristics, population density, settlement patterns, cultural pluralism, language, religion, primary and secondary school enrollment, family organization, patrilineal kin groups, class stratification, and the number of physicians per population.

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    Persistent low income

    • ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
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    Updated Jan 23, 2025
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    Persistent low income [Dataset]. https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/pay-and-income/low-income/latest
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    Dataset updated
    Jan 23, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Race Disparity Unit
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    Between 2018 and 2022, people in households in the ‘other’, Asian and black ethnic groups were the most likely to be in persistent low income, both before and after housing costs, out of all ethnic groups.

  13. f

    Univariate analyses investigating relationships between welfare outcomes and...

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    Updated Jun 3, 2023
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    Katie L. Edwards; Michele A. Miller; Kathy Carlstead; Janine L. Brown (2023). Univariate analyses investigating relationships between welfare outcomes and the total number of clinical events in African and Asian elephants in North American zoos. [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217774.t007
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 3, 2023
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    Authors
    Katie L. Edwards; Michele A. Miller; Kathy Carlstead; Janine L. Brown
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    Hypotheses (H): positive (+), negative (-), or neutral (/) relationship of each variable with the number of clinical events as a measure of elephant welfare, and whether observed relationships (P

  14. f

    Multi-variable model of seasonal fecal glucocorticoid metabolite...

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    Updated Jun 8, 2023
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    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten (2023). Multi-variable model of seasonal fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations for African elephants (n = 131) in North American zoos that participated in the Elephant Welfare Project1. [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217326.t007
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 8, 2023
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    Authors
    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    Significant variables are bolded.

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    Mean (± SEM) fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations and...

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    Updated Jun 1, 2023
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    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten (2023). Mean (± SEM) fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations and coefficient of variation (CV) for male and female Asian and African elephants in North American zoos that participated in the Elephant Welfare Project. [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217326.t003
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    Jun 1, 2023
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    Authors
    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    Mean (± SEM) fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations and coefficient of variation (CV) for male and female Asian and African elephants in North American zoos that participated in the Elephant Welfare Project.

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    Expenditures: Pensions and Social Security by Race: White and All Other...

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    Updated Sep 25, 2024
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    (2024). Expenditures: Pensions and Social Security by Race: White and All Other Races, Not Including Black or African American [Dataset]. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CXUPENSIONSLB0903M
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    Dataset updated
    Sep 25, 2024
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    https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#copyright-public-domainhttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/#copyright-public-domain

    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Graph and download economic data for Expenditures: Pensions and Social Security by Race: White and All Other Races, Not Including Black or African American (CXUPENSIONSLB0903M) from 2003 to 2023 about social, pension, social assistance, white, expenditures, and USA.

  17. U.S. unemployment rate by age 1990-2024

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    Updated Mar 11, 2025
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    Statista (2025). U.S. unemployment rate by age 1990-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217882/us-unemployment-rate-by-age/
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    Mar 11, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The unemployment rate for people ages 16 to 24 in the United States in 202024 23 was 10 percent. However, this rate was much lower for people aged 45 and over, at 2.9 percent. U.S. unemployment The unemployment rate in the United States varies based on several factors, such as race, gender, and level of education. Black and African-American individuals had the highest unemployment rate in 2021 out of any ethnicity, and people who had less than a high school diploma had the highest unemployment rate by education level. Alaska is consistently the state with the highest unemployment rate, although the El Centro, California metropolitan area was the area with the highest unemployment rate in the country in 2019. Additionally, in August 2022, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations had the highest unemployment rate in the United States Unemployment rate The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is the agency that researches and calculates the unemployment rate in the United States. Unemployment rises during recessions, which causes the cost of social welfare programs to increase. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says unemployed people are those who are jobless, have looked for employment within the last four weeks, and are free to work.

  18. Univariate linear regressions of 12-month mean fecal glucocorticoid...

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    Updated Jun 1, 2023
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    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten (2023). Univariate linear regressions of 12-month mean fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in Asian and African elephants in North American zoos and previously published risk factors (independent variables) from the Elephant Welfare Project. [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217326.t005
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    Dataset updated
    Jun 1, 2023
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    Authors
    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Variables at P

  19. f

    Mean (± SEM) and minimum-maximum seasonal fecal glucocorticoid metabolite...

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    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten (2023). Mean (± SEM) and minimum-maximum seasonal fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations in Asian (n = 106) and African (n = 131) elephants in North American zoos that participated in the Elephant Welfare Project. [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217326.t002
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    Jun 2, 2023
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    Authors
    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Mean (± SEM) and minimum-maximum seasonal fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations in Asian (n = 106) and African (n = 131) elephants in North American zoos that participated in the Elephant Welfare Project.

  20. Univariate linear regressions between CV of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite...

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    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten (2023). Univariate linear regressions between CV of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations and previously published risk factors (independent variables) for Asian and African elephants in North American zoos that participated in the Elephant Welfare Project. [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217326.t008
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    Jun 20, 2023
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    Authors
    Janine L. Brown; Kathy Carlstead; Jessica D. Bray; David Dickey; Charlotte Farin; Kimberly Ange-van Heugten
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    Variables at P

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U.S. poverty rate in the United States 2023, by race and ethnicity

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Dataset updated
Jun 25, 2025
Dataset authored and provided by
Statistahttp://statista.com/
Time period covered
2023
Area covered
United States
Description

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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