This statistic shows the percentage of black families in the U.S. who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2018. In 2018, 17.7 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 2018
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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US Census Bureau. (August 27, 2019). Percentage of black families in the United States who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/205059/percentage-of-poor-black-families--in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of black families in the United States who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2018." Chart. August 27, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 20, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205059/percentage-of-poor-black-families--in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2019). Percentage of black families in the United States who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 20, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205059/percentage-of-poor-black-families--in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of Black Families in The United States Who Live below The Poverty Level from 1990 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205059/percentage-of-poor-black-families--in-the-us/
US Census Bureau, Percentage of black families in the United States who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205059/percentage-of-poor-black-families--in-the-us/ (last visited February 20, 2020)
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