Poverty rate of black families U.S. 1990-2019

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 20, 2021
In 2019, 16.3 percent of black families were living below the poverty line 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.

Percentage of black families in the United States who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2019

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Release date

September 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2019

Supplementary notes

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."
Black alone - with and without children under 18 years.
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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