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This statistic shows the number of Black families with a male householder in the U.S. who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2011. In 1990, 97,000 Black families with a male householder in the U.S. lived below the poverty level.
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.