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Poverty in the United States: 2021

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Poverty in the United States: 2021

September 2022

Written by:

John Creamer, Emily A. Shrider, Kalee Burns, and Frances Chen

Report Number: P60-277

Tables

Official Poverty Measure

Poverty Thresholds: 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-1. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2020 and 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-2. Families and People in Poverty by Type of Family: 2020 and 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-3. People With Income Below Specified Ratios of Their Poverty Thresholds by Selected Characteristics: 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-4. Poverty Status of People by Family Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-5. Poverty Status of People by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Table A-6. Poverty Status of Families by Type of Family: 1959 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Table C-1. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2020 Estimates Using 2010 Census-Based Population Controls and 2020 Census-Based Population Controls [<1.0 MB]
Table C-2. Families and People in Poverty by Type of Family: 2020 Estimates Using 2010 Census-Based Population Controls and 2020 Census-Based Population Controls [<1.0 MB]
Impact on Poverty of Alternative Resource Measures by Age: 1981 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Interrelationships of Three-Year Average State Poverty Rates: 2019 – 2021 [<1.0 MB]

Supplemental Poverty Measure

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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020

September 14, 2021

View and download tables on the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020.

Table

Income in the United States: 2021

September 13, 2022

These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2022 and earlier CPS ASEC.

Table

Health Insurance in the United States: 2021 - Tables

September 13, 2022

These tables present data on health insurance coverage in the United States during 2021.

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Page Last Revised - September 13, 2022

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