Population: 315,165,470 Number in Poverty: 44,268,996

Poverty Rate

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Gender & Age

Overall

14.1%
Percentage of people who fell below the poverty line—$24,340 for a family of four—in 2016

Children

19.1%
Percentage of children under age 18 who fell below the poverty line in 2016

Working-Age Women

14.9%
Percentage of women ages 18 to 64 who fell below the poverty line in 2016

Working-Age Men

11.5%
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Race & Ethnicity

African American

23.9%

Asian American

11.8%

Latino

21.0%

Native American

26.2%

White

11.6%