U.S. - number of poor married-couple families 2019

This statistic shows a timeline for the number of married-couple families in the U.S. who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2019. In 2019, 2.51 million married-couple families 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.

Number of married-couple families in the U.S. who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2019 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of poor married-couple families in thousands
2019	2,507
2018	2,938
2017	2,933
2016	3,096
2015	3,245
2014	3,735
2013	3,476
2012	3,705
2011	3,652
2010	3,681
2009	3,409
2008	3,261
2007	2,849
2006	2,910
2005	2,944
2004	3,216
2003	3,115
2002	3,052
2001	2,760
2000	2,637
1999	2,748
1998	2,879
1997	2,821
1996	3,010
1995	2,982
1994	3,272
1993	3,481
1992	3,385
1991	3,158
1990	2,981

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2019

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.

Data prior to 2018 can be found here.

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