U.S. number of families in poverty 1990-2022

Number of families living below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2022

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Release date

September 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Families as of March of the following year.

The Census Bureau defines a family as follows: "A family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family."

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.

U.S. Federal poverty guidelines may be found here.
Data prior to 2018 can be found here.

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