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2021 CPS Poverty Table: POV-24. Reason For Not Working or Reason For Spending Time Out of the Labor Force--Poverty Status of People Who Did Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force

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2021 CPS Poverty Table: POV-24. Reason For Not Working or Reason For Spending Time Out of the Labor Force--Poverty Status of People Who Did Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force

Poverty Status in 2020

The CPS 2021 Annual Social and Economic Supplement asked participants to report their poverty status for 2020.

Note: In years prior to 2019, estimates for male and female unrelated individual householders include individuals living in group quarters. Data users should exercise caution when interpreting these estimates and making comparisons across time periods.  For details, please contact 301-763-3213.

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  (B) Base less than 75,000
  (X)  Estimate is not applicable or not available
  (Z) Rounds to zero

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  • Below 138 percent of poverty
  • Below 150 percent of poverty
  • Below 185 percent of poverty

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For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/cpsmar21.pdf [PDF - <1.0 MB]. 

The Census Bureau reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release.  CBDRB-FY22-358.

CPS Poverty Tables Footnotes
Poverty in the United States is measured by comparing family income with one of 48 poverty thresholds--the dollar amounts used to determine who is poor.
Page Last Revised - November 2, 2021
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