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Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020

September 2021

Written by:

Emily A. Shrider, Melissa Kollar, Frances Chen, and Jessica Semega

Report Number: P60-273

Tables

Income:

Table A-1. Income Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-2. Households by Total Money Income, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder: 1967 to 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table D-1. Historical Median Income Using Alternative Price Indices: 1967 to 2020 [<1.0 MB]

Income Inequality:

Table A-3. Income Distribution Measures Using Money Income and Equivalence-Adjusted Income: 2019 and 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-4a and A-4b. Selected Measures of Household Income Dispersion [<1.0 MB]
Table A-5. Selected Measures of Equivalence-Adjusted Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2020 [<1.0MB]

Earnings:

Table A-6. Earnings Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-7. Number and Real Median Earnings of Total Workers and Full-Time, Year-Round Workers by Sex and Female-to-Male Earnings Ratio: 1960 to 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-8. Percent Change in Earnings and Number of Workers: 2007 to 2009 and 2019 to 2020 [<1.0 MB]

Poverty:

Poverty Thresholds: 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table B-1. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table B-2. Families and People in Poverty by Type of Family: 2019 and 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table B-3. People With Income Below Specified Ratios of Their Poverty Thresholds by Selected Characteristics: 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table B-4. Poverty Status of People by Family Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table B-5. Poverty Status of People by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table B-6. Poverty Status of Families by Type of Family: 1959 to 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Impact on Poverty of Alternative Resource Measures by Age: 1981 to 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Impact on Poverty of Alternative Resource Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Income Deficit or Surplus of Primary Families and Unrelated Individuals by Poverty Status: 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Percentage of People in Poverty by State Using 2- and 3-Year Averages: 2017-2018 and 2019-2020 [<1.0 MB]
Interrelationships of 3-Year Average State Poverty Rates: 2018 - 2020 [<1.0 MB]

Post-Tax Household Income:

Table C-1. Post-Tax Household Income Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics: 2019 and 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table C-2. Summary Measures by Selected Characteristics Using Money Income and Post-Tax Income: 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table C-3. Distribution Measures Using Post-Tax Income and Equivalence-Adjusted Post-Tax Income: 2019 and 2020 [<1.0 MB]
Table C-4. Distribution Measures Using Money Income, Post-Tax Income, Equivalence-Adjusted Income, and Equivalence-Adjusted Post-Tax Income: 2020 [<1.0 MB]