Nearly 12% of U.S. Lived in Poverty During 2021

Nearly 12% of U.S. Lived in Poverty During 2021

There were 37.9 million people living in poverty in the U.S. during 2021, which represents 11.6% of the total population, according to data published on September 13 by the U.S. Census Bureau. By comparison, 11.4% of the population (37.2 million) faced situations of...

U.S. Poverty on the Rise, Census Bureau Reports

The ranks of Americans living in poverty grew by nearly 1.4 million last year, according to new statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau. The percentage of Americans living below the poverty line increased to 12.4 percent in 2002, up from 12.1 percent in 2001 and...