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Poverty in the United States: 2021-Current Population Reports

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Poverty in the United States: 2021-Current Population Reports

September 2022

Written by:

JOHN CREAMER, EMILY A. SHRIDER, KALEE BURNS, AND FRANCES CHEN

Report Number: P60-277

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Official Poverty Measure:

Figure 1. Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate Using the Official Poverty Measure: 1959 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Figure 2. People in Poverty Using the Official Poverty Measure: 2020 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Figure 3. Distribution of Total Population and Poverty by Race Using the Official Poverty Measure: 2021 [<1.0 MB]

Supplemental Poverty Measure:

Figure 4. Poverty Rates Using the Official+ and Supplemental Poverty Measures: 2009 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Figure 5. Change in Percentage of People in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Figure 6. Percentage of People in Poverty by Different Poverty Measures: 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Figure 7. Poverty Rates Using the Official+ and Supplemental Poverty Measures by Age Group: 2009 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Figure 8. Child Supplemental Poverty Rates by Race and Hispanic Origin: 2009 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Figure 9. Difference in Poverty Rates by State Using the Official+ and Supplemental Poverty Measures: 3-Year Average 2019 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Figure 10. Distribution of People by Income-to-Poverty Ratios: 2021 [<1.0 MB]
Figure 11. Change in Number of People in Poverty After Including Each Element: 2021 [<1.0 MB]

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