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POV-08. Program Participation Status of Household—Poverty Status of People

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POV-08. Program Participation Status of Household—Poverty Status of People

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Poverty Status in 2021

The CPS 2022 Annual Social and Economic Supplement asked participants to report their poverty status for 2021.

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

Use a landscape setting and legal size paper to print these tables.

All Income Levels

All Races [<1.0 MB]
White alone, not Hispanic [<1.0 MB]
White alone or in combination [<1.0 MB]
White alone [<1.0 MB]
Hispanic (any race) [<1.0 MB]
Black alone or in combination [<1.0 MB]
Black alone [<1.0 MB]
Asian alone or in combination [<1.0 MB]
Asian alone [<1.0 MB]

Below Poverty Level

All Races [<1.0 MB]
White alone, not Hispanic [<1.0 MB]
White alone or in combination [<1.0 MB]
White alone [<1.0 MB]
Hispanic (any race) [<1.0 MB]
Black alone or in combination [<1.0 MB]
Black alone [<1.0 MB]
Asian alone or in combination [<1.0 MB]
Asian alone [<1.0 MB]

For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/cpsmar22.pdf [PDF - <1.0 MB].

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.