In 2020, around 4.7 percent of married-couple families in the United States lived below the national 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.
Percentage of married-couple families in the U.S. who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2020
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."
Families as of March of the following year.
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.
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US Census Bureau. (September 14, 2021). Percentage of married-couple families in the U.S. who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of married-couple families in the U.S. who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2020." Chart. September 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2021). Percentage of married-couple families in the U.S. who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of Married-couple Families in The U.S. Who Live below The Poverty Level from 1990 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau, Percentage of married-couple families in the U.S. who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/ (last visited August 19, 2022)
