White non-Hispanic families below poverty line U.S. 2021

In 2021, there were about 3 million white, non-Hispanic families living below the poverty level in the United States.
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 white non-Hispanic families who live below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2021 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of families in thousands
2021	3,002
2020	3,015
2019	2,696
2018	3,153
2017	3,233
2016	3,406
2015	3,460
2014	3,927
2013	3,717
2012	3,835
2011	3,955
2010	3,880
2009	3,797
2008	3,383
2007	3,184
2006	3,372
2005	3,285
2004	3,505
2003	3,270
2002	3,208
2001	3,051
2000	2,896
1999	2,953
1998	3,264
1997	3,357
1996	3,433
1995	3,384
1994	3,833
1993	3,988
1992	3,840
1991	3,719
1990	3,442

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Release date

August 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2021

Supplementary notes

White alone, not Hispanic - with and without children under 18 years.
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.
Further information regarding the poverty threshold can be accessed here.

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