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  1. Historical Poverty Tables: People and Families - 1959 to 2024

    Aug 15, 2025 · Detailed annual tables on poverty across a number of individual and family characteristics. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS)

  2. Poverty - Census.gov

    Sep 11, 2025 · If a family's total income is less than the official poverty threshold for a family of that size and composition, then they are considered to be in poverty.

  3. National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2025

    Jan 15, 2025 · The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement reports the official poverty rate in 2023 was 11.1%, not statistically different from 2022.

  4. U.S. Poverty Rate Varies by Age Groups - Census.gov

    Dec 4, 2023 · The poverty rate for the nation’s oldest populations was lower than for the youngest but increased in 2022 while child poverty decreased.

  5. Income and Poverty - Census.gov

    Jun 13, 2025 · 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.

  6. Majority of Older Adults in Poverty in 2021 Lived Alone

    Jun 25, 2024 · New Census Bureau report explores demographic characteristics, living arrangements and income sources of older adults living in poverty.

  7. Government Assistance Lifts 45.4 Million Out of Poverty in 2021

    Sep 13, 2022 · The 2021 U.S. official poverty rate of 11.6% was not statistically different from 2020 but the Supplemental Poverty Measure at 7.8% was lowest on record.

  8. Income Inequality - Census.gov

    Jun 13, 2025 · Income inequality is the extent to which income is distributed unevenly among a population.

  9. Persistently Poor, Left-Behind and Chronically Disconnected

    Jul 9, 2025 · The U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership in collaboration with the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) and the Labor Market …

  10. Poverty Data Tables - Census.gov

    Nov 6, 2024 · The tables below provide poverty statistics displayed in tables with columns and rows. Many tables are in downloadable in XLS, CVS and PDF file formats. If you are using a screen reader …