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Bookmark or Share- Income and Poverty - Census.govIncome is the gauge many use to determine the well-being of the U.S. population. Survey and census questions cover poverty, income, and wealth.
- 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 Inequality - Census.govIncome inequality is the extent to which income is distributed unevenly among a population.
- 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 [
- Poverty in the United States: 2022 - Census.govThe SPM rate in 2022 was 12.4 percent, an increase of 4.6 percentage points from 2021. This is the first increase in the overall SPM poverty rate since 2010 (Figure 6 and Table B-2).
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