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Bookmark or Share- How the Census Bureau Measures PovertyFollowing the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive 14, the Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty.
- Income Inequality - Census.govIncome inequality is the extent to which income is distributed unevenly among a population.
- Poverty in the United States: 2023 - Census.govOfficial Poverty Measure: In 2023, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 11.1 percent. There were 36.8 million people in poverty in 2023, not statistically different from 2022 (Figure 1 and Table A-1).
- Income in the United States: 2023 - Census.govThis report presents estimates on income, earnings, and inequality in the United States for calendar year 2023, based on information collected in the 2024 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the Census Bureau.
- Historical Poverty Tables: People and Families - 1959 to 2023 - Census.govPeople 65 and Over with Incomes Below 125 Percent of the Poverty Threshold and the Near Poor by Race [
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