In 2009, the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) created a Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) to replace previous experimental poverty measures.

Interactive applications, created by the Census Bureau, to help you customize, and even visualize, statistics from multiple censuses, surveys, and programs.

If a family's total income is less than the official poverty threshold for a family of that size and composition, then they are considered to be in poverty.

This report presents data on poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2023 and earlier CPS ASEC.

Users can explore how 13 government programs and necessary expenses change the number and share of people in poverty across several demographic subgroups.