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1. www.census.gov › library › publicationsPoverty in the United States: 2023 - Census.gov

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   3 days ago · The only group to experience a statistically significant increase in their official poverty rate was the Two or More Races population (Figure 2 and Tables A-1 and A-2). Supplemental Poverty Measure. The SPM rate in 2023 was 12.9 percent, an increase of 0.5 percentage points from 2022 (Figure 6 and Table B-3).

2. www.census.gov › library › publicationsPoverty in the United States: 2022 - Census.gov

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   Sep 12, 2023 · The official poverty rate in 2022 was 11.5 percent, with 37.9 million people in poverty. Neither the rate nor the number in poverty was significantly different from 2021 (Figure 1 and Table A-1). The official poverty rate for Black individuals decreased between 2021 and 2022. The 2022 rate was the lowest on record (Table A-3).

3. www.whitehouse.gov › cea › written-materialsThe 2023 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Reports ...

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   3 days ago · The uninsured rate (share of people without health insurance for the entire year) continued to remain low in 2023 at 8.0 percent, statistically indistinguishable from 2022’s 7.9 percent rate.

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   Apr 29, 2024 · The SPM told a different story: 12.4% of people overall were in poverty in 2022, an increase of 4.6 percentage points from 2021. This represented an increase of 15.3 million persons in poverty under the SPM, from 25.6 million in 2021 to 40.9 million in 2022.

5. crsreports.congress.gov › product › pdfPoverty in the United States in 2020 - CRS Reports

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   Feb 10, 2022 · poverty rate—the percentage of the population living in poverty (economic hardship characterized by low income). Under the Census Bureau’s official poverty measure, the nation as a whole was estimated to have 37.2 million people (11.4% of the population) living in poverty in 2020, compared with 34.0 million (10.5%) in 2019.

6. www.nytimes.com › 2024/09/10 › businessPoverty Increased in 2023 as Prices Rose and Pandemic Aid ...

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   3 days ago · The most powerful anti-poverty program continues to be Social Security, which lifted 27.6 million people above the threshold; the poverty rate for people over age 65 was stable at 14.2 percent.

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   What percentage of Americans live in poverty?

   • The share of Americans living in poverty as defined by the Census Bureau’s “supplemental” measure, which takes into account a broader range of benefits and expenses than the official poverty rate, rose to 12.9 percent in 2023, from 12.4 percent in 2022.

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   How are poverty rates compared to population growth?

   • The number in poverty and the poverty rates are shown from the earliest year available (1959) through the most recent year available (2022). Because the total U.S. population has grown over time, poverty rates are useful for historical comparisons because they control for population growth. Poverty rates fell through the 1960s.

   Poverty in the United States in 2022 - CRS Reports

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   Which age group has the highest poverty rate?

   • Since then, people under 18 have had the highest poverty rate of the three groups. The poverty rate among the 65-and-older population eventually fell below the poverty rate of the working-age population, and except for an uptick in 2021 had trended below that group since the early 2000s.

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   How many people live in poverty in 2020?

   • Among children, 11.6 million (16.1%) lived in poverty in 2020, up from 10.5 million (14.4%) in 2019. Among the working-age population, 20.6 million (10.4%) lived in poverty in 2020, up from 18.9 million (9.4%) in 2019. The 65-and-older population experienced no significant change: 9.0% were below poverty in 2020.

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8. theconversation.com › official-us-poverty-rateOfficial US poverty rate declined in 2023, but more people ...

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   2 days ago · The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation’s official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on Sept. 10, 2024.The data ...