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Historical Poverty Tables - Periods of Recession
| Peak month |
Year |
Trough month |
Year |
| November |
1948 |
October
| 1949 |
| July
| 1953 |
May
| 1954 |
| August
| 1957 |
April
| 1958 |
| April
| 1960 |
February
| 1961 |
| December
| 1969 |
November
| 1970 |
| November
| 1973 |
March
| 1975 |
| January
| 1980 |
July
| 1980 |
| July
| 1981 |
November
| 1982 |
| July
| 1990 |
March
| 1991 |
| March
| 2001 |
November
| 2001 |
| December
| 2007 |
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| Source: National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 |
Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit
ask.census.gov for further information on Poverty Statistics.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
