Poverty in the United States: 2025

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Poverty in the United States: 2025

September 2026

Written by:

CHRISTINA BIJOU AND EMILY A. SHRIDER

Report Number: P60-290

Tables

Table 1. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty Using the Official Poverty Measure: 2024 and 2025 [< 1.0MB]
Table 2. Number and Percentage of Families and People in Poverty by Type of Family Using the Official Poverty Measure: 2024 and 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 3. Poverty Status of People by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin Using the Official Poverty Measure: 1959 to 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 4. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2024 and 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 5. Effect of Individual Elements on Supplemental Poverty Measure Rates: 2024 and 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 6. Effect of Individual Elements on the Number of Individuals in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measures: 2024 and 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 7. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty by Different Poverty Measures: 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 8. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2009 to 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 9. Official+ Poverty Rates by Age: 2009 to 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 10. Official Poverty Measure Thresholds: 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 11. Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds for Two-Adult, Two-Child Units: 2024 and 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 12. Poverty Status of People by Family Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 13. Poverty Status of Families by Type of Family, Presence of Related Children, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 14. People With Income Below Specified Ratios of Their Poverty Thresholds by Selected Characteristics: 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 15. Interrelationships of State Official Poverty Rates Using 3-Year Average: 2023, 2024, and 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 16. Percentage of People by Ratio of Income/Resources to Poverty Threshold: 2024 and 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 17. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty by State and Different Poverty Measures Using 3-Year Average: 2023, 2024, and 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 18. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty by Age, State, and Different Poverty Measures Using 3-Year Average: 2023, 2024, and 2025 [< 1.0 MB]
Table 19. SPM Thresholds by Metro Area: 2025 [< 1.0 MB]

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Page Last Revised - September 15, 2026

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