Population: 313,476,400 Number in Poverty: 46,153,077

Poverty Rate

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Gender & Age

Overall

14.7%
Percentage of people who had incomes below the poverty line ($24,250 for a family of four) in 2015.

Children

20.4%
Percentage of children under 18 in related families who had incomes below the poverty line in 2015.

Working-Age Women

15.6%
Percentage of working-age women (ages 18-64) who had incomes below the poverty line in 2015.

Working-Age Men

12.0%
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Race & Ethnicity

African American

25.4%

Asian American

12.0%

Latino

22.6%

Native American

26.6%

White

12.2%