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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.

  2. Share of the population living in poverty by race in the United States...

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    Updated Oct 28, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Share of the population living in poverty by race in the United States 1959-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1225017/poverty-share-by-race-race-us/
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    Oct 28, 2024
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    United States
    Description

    In the U.S., the share of the population living in poverty fluctuated significantly throughout the six decades between 1987 and 2023. In 2023, the poverty level across all races and ethnicities was 11.1 percent. Black Americans have been the ethnic group with the highest share of their population living in poverty almost every year since 1974. In 1979 alone, Black poverty was well over double the national average, and over four times the poverty rate in white communities; in 1982, almost 48 percent of the Black population lived in poverty. Although poverty rates have been trending downward across all ethnic groups, 17.8 percent of Black Americans and 18.9 percent of American Indian and Alaskan Natives still lived below the poverty line in 2022.

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    Poverty Status by County - Datasets - CTData.org

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    Updated Mar 16, 2016
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    (2016). Poverty Status by County - Datasets - CTData.org [Dataset]. http://data.ctdata.org/dataset/poverty-status-by-county
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    Mar 16, 2016
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    The Census Bureau determines that a person is living in poverty when his or her total household income compared with the size and composition of the household is below the poverty threshold. The Census Bureau uses the federal government's official definition of poverty to determine the poverty threshold. Beginning in 2000, individuals were presented with the option to select one or more races. In addition, the Census asked individuals to identify their race separately from identifying their Hispanic origin. The Census has published individual tables for the races and ethnicities provided as supplemental information to the main table that does not dissaggregate by race or ethnicity. Race categories include the following - White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Some other race, and Two or more races. We are not including specific combinations of two or more races as the counts of these combinations are small. Ethnic categories include - Hispanic or Latino and White Non-Hispanic. This data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates, table B17001. The ACS collects these data from a sample of households on a rolling monthly basis. ACS aggregates samples into one-, three-, or five-year periods. CTdata.org generally carries the five-year datasets, as they are considered to be the most accurate, especially for geographic areas that are the size of a county or smaller.Poverty status determined is the denominator for the poverty rate. It is the population for which poverty status was determined so when poverty is calculated they exclude institutionalized people, people in military group quarters, people in college dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 15 years of age.Below poverty level are households as determined by the thresholds based on the criteria of looking at household size, Below poverty level are households as determined by the thresholds based on the criteria of looking at household size, number of children, and age of householder.number of children, and age of householder.

  4. 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
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    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.

  5. U.S. poverty rate 1990-2023

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    Updated Sep 16, 2024
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    Statista (2024). U.S. poverty rate 1990-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200463/us-poverty-rate-since-1990/
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    Sep 16, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
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    United States
    Description

    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.

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    Racially/Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty

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    Updated Jan 31, 2022
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    Metropolitan Transportation Commission (2022). Racially/Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty [Dataset]. https://data.bayareametro.gov/dataset/Racially-Ethnically-Concentrated-Areas-of-Poverty/tsz4-2bqi
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    Jan 31, 2022
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    Metropolitan Transportation Commission
    Description

    This dataset contains R/ECAP data for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Region at the census tract level.

    To assist communities in identifying racially/ethnically-concentrated areas of poverty (R/ECAPs), HUD has developed a census tract-based definition of R/ECAPs.

    To assist communities in identifying racially/ethnically-concentrated areas of poverty (R/ECAPs), HUD has developed a census tract-based definition of R/ECAPs. The definition involves a racial/ethnic concentration threshold and a poverty test. The racial/ethnic concentration threshold is straightforward: R/ECAPs must have a non-white population of 50 percent or more. Regarding the poverty threshold, Wilson (1980) defines neighborhoods of extreme poverty as census tracts with 40 percent or more of individuals living at or below the poverty line. Because overall poverty levels are substantially lower in many parts of the country, HUD supplements this with an alternate criterion. Thus, a neighborhood can be a R/ECAP if it has a poverty rate that exceeds 40% or is three or more times the average tract poverty rate for the metropolitan/micropolitan area, whichever threshold is lower. Census tracts with this extreme poverty that satisfy the racial/ethnic concentration threshold are deemed R/ECAPs.

    Data Source: Decennial census (2010); American Community Survey (ACS), 2006-2010; Brown Longitudinal Tract Database (LTDB) based on decennial census data, 2000 & 1990 References: Wilson, William J. (1980). The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

    Data Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2009-2013; Decennial Census (2010); Brown Longitudinal Tract Database (LTDB) based on decennial census data, 1990, 2000 & 2010.

    Related AFFH-T Local Government, PHA Tables/Maps: Table 4, 7; Maps 1-17.

    Related AFFH-T State Tables/Maps: Table 4, 7; Maps 1-15, 18.

    References: Wilson, William J. (1980). The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

  7. Share of people living in poverty U.S. 2018-2022, by race and generation

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    Updated Jul 10, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Share of people living in poverty U.S. 2018-2022, by race and generation [Dataset]. https://tokrwards.com/?_=%2Fstatistics%2F1472708%2Fshare-of-people-living-in-poverty-by-race-and-generation-us%2F%23D%2FIbH0Phabzf84KQxRXLgxTyDkFTtCs%3D
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    Jul 10, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Between 2018 and 2022, Americans who identified as Black and Americans who identified as American Indian or Alaska Native were most likely to be living in poverty across all generations in the United States. Within the provided time period, ** percent of Gen Alpha who were Black lived in families with incomes below the federal poverty line in the United States, followed by ** percent who were American Indian or Alaska Native.

  8. U.S. poverty rate 2023, by age and gender

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    Updated Mar 19, 2025
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    Statista (2025). U.S. poverty rate 2023, by age and gender [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/233154/us-poverty-rate-by-gender/
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    Mar 19, 2025
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    Time period covered
    2023
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2023 the poverty rate in the United States was highest among people between 18 and 24, with a rate of 16 percent for male Americans and a rate of 21 percent for female Americans. The lowest poverty rate for both men and women was for those aged between 45 and 54. What is the poverty line? The poverty line is a metric used by the U.S. Census Bureau to define poverty in the United States. It is a specific income level that is considered to be the bare minimum a person or family needs to meet their basic needs. If a family’s annual pre-tax income is below this income level, then they are considered impoverished. The poverty guideline for a family of four in 2021 was 26,500 U.S. dollars. Living below the poverty line According to the most recent data, almost one-fifth of African Americans in the United States live below the poverty line; the most out of any ethnic group. Additionally, over 7.42 million families in the U.S. live in poverty – a figure that has held mostly steady since 1990, outside the 2008 financial crisis which threw 9.52 million families into poverty by 2012. The poverty gender gap Wage inequality has been an ongoing discussion in U.S. discourse for many years now. The poverty gap for women is most pronounced during their child-bearing years, shrinks, and then grows again in old age. While progress has been made on the gender pay gap over the last 30 years, there are still significant disparities, even in occupations that predominantly employ men. Additionally, women are often having to spend more time attending to child and household duties than men.

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    Poverty Rate

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    Updated Oct 17, 2024
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    Champaign County Regional Planning Commission (2024). Poverty Rate [Dataset]. https://data.ccrpc.org/dataset/poverty-rate
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    Oct 17, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
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    Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0https://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/
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    Description

    This poverty rate data shows what percentage of the measured population* falls below the poverty line. Poverty is closely related to income: different “poverty thresholds” are in place for different sizes and types of household. A family or individual is considered to be below the poverty line if that family or individual’s income falls below their relevant poverty threshold. For more information on how poverty is measured by the U.S. Census Bureau (the source for this indicator’s data), visit the U.S. Census Bureau’s poverty webpage.

    The poverty rate is an important piece of information when evaluating an area’s economic health and well-being. The poverty rate can also be illustrative when considered in the contexts of other indicators and categories. As a piece of data, it is too important and too useful to omit from any indicator set.

    The poverty rate for all individuals in the measured population in Champaign County has hovered around roughly 20% since 2005. However, it reached its lowest rate in 2021 at 14.9%, and its second lowest rate in 2023 at 16.3%. Although the American Community Survey (ACS) data shows fluctuations between years, given their margins of error, none of the differences between consecutive years’ estimates are statistically significant, making it impossible to identify a trend.

    Poverty rate data was sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, which are released annually.

    As with any datasets that are estimates rather than exact counts, it is important to take into account the margins of error (listed in the column beside each figure) when drawing conclusions from the data.

    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of providing the standard 1-year data products, the Census Bureau released experimental estimates from the 1-year data in 2020. This includes a limited number of data tables for the nation, states, and the District of Columbia. The Census Bureau states that the 2020 ACS 1-year experimental tables use an experimental estimation methodology and should not be compared with other ACS data. For these reasons, and because data is not available for Champaign County, no data for 2020 is included in this Indicator.

    For interested data users, the 2020 ACS 1-Year Experimental data release includes a dataset on Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months by Age.

    *According to the U.S. Census Bureau document “How Poverty is Calculated in the ACS," poverty status is calculated for everyone but those in the following groups: “people living in institutional group quarters (such as prisons or nursing homes), people in military barracks, people in college dormitories, living situations without conventional housing, and unrelated individuals under 15 years old."

    Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2023 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using data.census.gov; (17 October 2024).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using data.census.gov; (25 September 2023).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using data.census.gov; (16 September 2022).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using data.census.gov; (8 June 2021).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using data.census.gov; (8 June 2021).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (13 September 2018).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2016 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (14 September 2017).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2015 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (19 September 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2012 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2009 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2008 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2007 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2006 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2005 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1701; generated by CCRPC staff; using American FactFinder; (16 March 2016).

  10. Racially or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty (R/ECAPs) 2020

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    Updated Sep 27, 2023
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    Department of Housing and Urban Development (2023). Racially or Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty (R/ECAPs) 2020 [Dataset]. https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/35798a7569524ae48bd02625af27ba49
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    Department of Housing and Urban Development
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    To assist communities in identifying racially/ethnically-concentrated areas of poverty (R/ECAPs), HUD has developed a census tract-based definition of R/ECAPs. The definition involves a racial/ethnic concentration threshold and a poverty test. The racial/ethnic concentration threshold is straightforward: R/ECAPs must have a non-white population of 50 percent or more. Regarding the poverty threshold, Wilson (1980) defines neighborhoods of extreme poverty as census tracts with 40 percent or more of individuals living at or below the poverty line. Because overall poverty levels are substantially lower in many parts of the country, HUD supplements this with an alternate criterion. Thus, a neighborhood can be a R/ECAP if it has a poverty rate that exceeds 40% or is three or more times the average tract poverty rate for the metropolitan/micropolitan area, whichever threshold is lower. Census tracts with this extreme poverty that satisfy the racial/ethnic concentration threshold are deemed R/ECAPs. This translates into the following equation: Where i represents census tracts, () is the metropolitan/micropolitan (CBSA) mean tract poverty rate, is the ith tract poverty rate, () is the non-Hispanic white population in tract i, and Pop is the population in tract i.While this definition of R/ECAP works well for tracts in CBSAs, place outside of these geographies are unlikely to have racial or ethnic concentrations as high as 50 percent. In these areas, the racial/ethnic concentration threshold is set at 20 percent. Data Source: Related AFFH-T Local Government, PHA Tables/Maps: Table 4, 7; Maps 1-17.Related AFFH-T State Tables/Maps: Table 4, 7; Maps 1-15, 18.References:Wilson, William J. (1980). The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.To learn more about R/ECAPs visit:https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/affh ; https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/FHEO/documents/AFFH-T-Data-Documentation-AFFHT0006-July-2020.pdf, for questions about the spatial attribution of this dataset, please reach out to us at GISHelpdesk@hud.gov. Date of Coverage: 2017 - 2021 ACSDate Updated: 10/2023

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    200% of Federal Poverty Level

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    Updated Aug 10, 2016
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    King County (2016). 200% of Federal Poverty Level [Dataset]. https://king-snocoplanning.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/kingcounty::200-of-federal-poverty-level-1/about
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    Income:200% of Federal Poverty Level: Basic demographics by census tracts in King County based on current American Community Survey 5 Year Average (ACS). Included demographics are: total population; foreign born; median household income; English language proficiency; languages spoken; race and ethnicity; sex; and age. Numbers and derived percentages are estimates based on the current year's ACS. GEO_ID_TRT is the key field and may be used to join to other demographic Census data tables.

  12. US Poverty Level Statistics

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    Updated Jan 20, 2021
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    John Snow Labs (2021). US Poverty Level Statistics [Dataset]. https://www.johnsnowlabs.com/marketplace/us-poverty-level-statistics/
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    Jan 20, 2021
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    John Snow Labs
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The US Poverty Level Statistics dataset includes percentages and numbers of persons and children below the poverty level in the United States by race between 1973 and 2016.

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    Race, Neighborhood Economic Status, Income Inequality and Mortality

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    Updated May 31, 2023
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    Nicolle A Mode; Michele K Evans; Alan B Zonderman (2023). Race, Neighborhood Economic Status, Income Inequality and Mortality [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154535
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    May 31, 2023
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    PLOS ONE
    Authors
    Nicolle A Mode; Michele K Evans; Alan B Zonderman
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    Description

    Mortality rates in the United States vary based on race, individual economic status and neighborhood. Correlations among these variables in most urban areas have limited what conclusions can be drawn from existing research. Our study employs a unique factorial design of race, sex, age and individual poverty status, measuring time to death as an objective measure of health, and including both neighborhood economic status and income inequality for a sample of middle-aged urban-dwelling adults (N = 3675). At enrollment, African American and White participants lived in 46 unique census tracts in Baltimore, Maryland, which varied in neighborhood economic status and degree of income inequality. A Cox regression model for 9-year mortality identified a three-way interaction among sex, race and individual poverty status (p = 0.03), with African American men living below poverty having the highest mortality. Neighborhood economic status, whether measured by a composite index or simply median household income, was negatively associated with overall mortality (p

  14. Poverty-Level Wages in the USA Dataset (1973-2022)

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    Updated Nov 7, 2023
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    Nov 7, 2023
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    United States
    Description

    This dataset provides information on poverty-level wages in the United States from 1973 to 2022.

    It includes data on both annual and hourly poverty-level wages, as well as wage shares for different income brackets.

    The dataset is based on the Economic Policy Institute’s State of Working America Data Library, which offers comprehensive economic data for analyzing trends and patterns in the labor market.

    Intresting Task Ideas:

    1. Analyze the trend of annual poverty-level wages over the years.
    2. Compare the hourly poverty-level wages between men and women.
    3. Investigate the share of workers earning below poverty-level wages based on race.
    4. Explore the distribution of wages across different poverty wage ranges.
    5. Examine the income disparities across different income brackets (0-75%, 75-100%, etc.) for men and women.
    6. Determine the proportion of workers earning above the poverty level (300%+) over time.
    7. Calculate the percentage change in poverty-level wages from one year to another.

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  15. U.S. poverty rate of Black married-couple families 1990-2023

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    Statista (2024). U.S. poverty rate of Black married-couple families 1990-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205097/percentage-of-poor-black-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
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    Sep 17, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2023, 6.5 percent of Black married-couple 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.

  16. U.S. poverty rate 1990-2023

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    Updated Oct 4, 2025
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 4, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Authors
    Abigail Tierney
    Area covered
    United States
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    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.

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    2012 Population and Poverty at Split Tract

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    County of Los Angeles (2024). 2012 Population and Poverty at Split Tract [Dataset]. https://hub.arcgis.com/maps/lacounty::2012-population-and-poverty-at-split-tract-
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    Tabular data of population by age groups, race and gender, and the poverty by race is attached to the split tract geography to create this split tract with population and poverty data. Split tract data is the product of 2010 census tracts split by 2012 incorporated city boundaries and unincorporated community/countywide statistical areas (CSA) boundaries. The census tract boundaries have been altered and aligned where necessary with legal city boundaries and unincorporated areas, including shoreline/coastal areas. Census Tract:Every 10 years the Census Bureau counts the population of the United States as mandated by Constitution. The Census Bureau (https://www.census.gov/) released 2010 geographic boundaries data including census tracts for the analysis and mapping of demographic information across the United States. City Boundary:City Boundary data is the base map information for the County of Los Angeles. These City Boundaries are based on the Los Angeles County Seamless Cadastral Landbase. The Landbase is jointly maintained by the Los Angeles County Assessor and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (DPW). This layer represents current city boundaries within Los Angeles County. The DPW provides the most current shapefiles representing city boundaries and city annexations. True, legal boundaries are only determined on the ground by surveyors licensed in the State of California.Countywide Statistical Areas (CSA): The countywide Statistical Area (CSA) was defined to provide a common geographic boundary for reporting departmental statistics for unincorporated areas and incorporated Los Angeles city to the Board of Supervisors. The CSA boundary and CSA names are established by the CIO and the LA County Enterprise GIS group worked with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Unincorporated Area and Field Deputies that reflect as best as possible the general name preferences of residents and historical names of areas. This data is primarily focused on broad statistics and reporting, not mapping of communities. This data is not designed to perfectly represent communities, nor jurisdictional boundaries such as Angeles National Forest. CSA represent board approved geographies comprised of Census block groups split by cities.Data Field:CT10: 2010 Census tractFIP12: 2012 City FIP CodeCITY: City name for incorporated cities and “Unincorporated” for unincorporated areas (as of July 1, 2012) CT10FIP12: 2010 census tract with 2012 city FIPs for incorporated cities and unincorporated areas. SPA12: 2012 Service Planning Area (SPA) number.SPA_NAME: Service Planning Area name.HD12: 2012 Health District (HD) number: HD_NAME: Health District name.POP12_AGE_0_4: 2012 population 0 to 4 years oldPOP12_AGE_5_9: 2012 population 5 to 9 years old POP12_AGE_10_14: 2012 population 10 to 14 years old POP12_AGE_15_17: 2012 population 15 to 17 years old POP12_AGE_18_19: 2012 population 18 to 19 years old POP12_AGE_20_44: 2012 population 20 to 24 years old POP12_AGE_25_29: 2012 population 25 to 29 years old POP12_AGE_30_34: 2012 population 30 to 34 years old POP12_AGE_35_44: 2012 population 35 to 44 years old POP12_AGE_45_54: 2012 population 45 to 54 years old POP12_AGE_55_64: 2012 population 55 to 64 years old POP12_AGE_65_74: 2012 population 65 to 74 years old POP12_AGE_75_84: 2012 population 75 to 84 years old POP12_AGE_85_100: 2012 population 85 years and older POP12_WHITE: 2012 Non-Hispanic White POP12_BLACK: 2012 Non-Hispanic African AmericanPOP12_AIAN: 2012 Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska NativePOP12_ASIAN: 2012 Non-Hispanic Asian POP12_HNPI: 2012 Non-Hispanic Hawaiian Native or Pacific IslanderPOP12_HISPANIC: 2012 HispanicPOP12_MALE: 2012 Male POP12_FEMALE: 2012 Female POV12_WHITE: 2012 Non-Hispanic White below 100% Federal Poverty Level POV12_BLACK: 2012 Non-Hispanic African American below 100% Federal Poverty Level POV12_AIAN: 2012 Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native below 100% Federal Poverty Level POV12_ASIAN: 2012 Non-Hispanic Asian below 100% Federal Poverty Level POV12_HNPI: 2012 Non-Hispanic Hawaiian Native or Pacific Islander below 100% Federal Poverty Level POV12_HISPANIC: 2012 Hispanic below 100% Federal Poverty Level POV12_TOTAL: 2012 Total population below 100% Federal Poverty Level POP12_TOTAL: 2012 Total PopulationAREA_SQMIL: Area in square milePOP12_DENSITY: Population per square mile.POV12_PERCENT: Poverty rate/percentage.How this data created?The tabular data of population by age groups, by ethnic groups and by gender, and the poverty by ethnic groups is attributed to the split tract geography to create this data. Split tract polygon data is created by intersecting 2010 census tract polygons, LA Country City Boundary polygons and Countywide Statistical Areas (CSA) polygon data. The resulting polygon boundary aligned and matched with the legal city boundary whenever possible. Note:1. Population and poverty data estimated as of July 1, 2012. 2. 2010 Census tract and 2020 census tracts are not the same. Similarly, city and community boundary are not the same because boundary is reviewed and updated annually.

  18. U.S. distribution of race and ethnicity among the military 2019

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    Statista (2025). U.S. distribution of race and ethnicity among the military 2019 [Dataset]. https://tokrwards.com/?_=%2Fstatistics%2F214869%2Fshare-of-active-duty-enlisted-women-and-men-in-the-us-military%2F%23D%2FIbH0PhabzN99vNwgDeng71Gw4euCn%2B
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    In the fiscal year of 2019, 21.39 percent of active-duty enlisted women were of Hispanic origin. The total number of active duty military personnel in 2019 amounted to 1.3 million people.

    Ethnicities in the United States The United States is known around the world for the diversity of its population. The Census recognizes six different racial and ethnic categories: White American, Native American and Alaska Native, Asian American, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are classified as a racially diverse ethnicity.

    The largest part of the population, about 61.3 percent, is composed of White Americans. The largest minority in the country are Hispanics with a share of 17.8 percent of the population, followed by Black or African Americans with 13.3 percent. Life in the U.S. and ethnicity However, life in the United States seems to be rather different depending on the race or ethnicity that you belong to. For instance: In 2019, native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders had the highest birth rate of 58 per 1,000 women, while the birth rae of white alone, non Hispanic women was 49 children per 1,000 women.

    The Black population living in the United States has the highest poverty rate with of all Census races and ethnicities in the United States. About 19.5 percent of the Black population was living with an income lower than the 2020 poverty threshold. The Asian population has the smallest poverty rate in the United States, with about 8.1 percent living in poverty.

    The median annual family income in the United States in 2020 earned by Black families was about 57,476 U.S. dollars, while the average family income earned by the Asian population was about 109,448 U.S. dollars. This is more than 25,000 U.S. dollars higher than the U.S. average family income, which was 84,008 U.S. dollars.

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    US Census Bureau, Percent of People 65 Years and Over Below Poverty Level,...

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    Updated May 6, 2008
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    data (2008). US Census Bureau, Percent of People 65 Years and Over Below Poverty Level, USA, 2006 [Dataset]. http://geocommons.com/search.html
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    This data comes from the US Census and is illustrated through margin of error, percent of those below the poverty line, and rank of states with the worst senior poverty.

  20. Percentage of people living in poverty in Latin American countries 2023, by...

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    Statista (2025). Percentage of people living in poverty in Latin American countries 2023, by ethnicity [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1289433/share-population-living-poverty-by-ethnicity-latin-american-countries/
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    Latin America, Americas, LAC
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    Among Latin American countries in 2023, Colombia had the highest share of both Afro-descendants and indigenous people living impoverished, with 45.6 percent and 63.5 percent, respectively. Additionally, Colombia also had the highest share of indigenous people living under extreme poverty that year. Ecuador had the second-highest share of indigenous population whose average per capita income was below the poverty line, with 50.4 percent. Uruguay was the only nation where Afro-descendants were the ethnic group with the largest share of the poor population, as in the other selected countries such group was indigenous people.

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

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2023
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United States
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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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