POV-09. Years of School Completed by Poverty Status, Sex, Age, Nativity, and Citizenship

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POV-09. Years of School Completed by Poverty Status, Sex, Age, Nativity, and Citizenship

The tabs below are organized by Current Population Survey reference year.

Source: Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement. The CPS is a joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau.

To access Detailed Poverty Tables from prior years, please visit the Detailed Poverty Tables Archive page for details and instructions on how to access the tables on our FTP site.

2021

Poverty Status in 2021

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

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

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Below 100 percent of poverty
Below 200 percent of poverty

Below 100 percent of poverty

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 200 percent of poverty

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].

The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data used to produce this product. Data Management System (DMS) number: D-0000010797, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: 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.