Population: 317,741,588 Number in Poverty: 42,583,651

Poverty Rate

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Gender & Age

Overall

13.4%
Percentage of people who had incomes below the poverty line ($24,860 for a family of four) in 2017

Children

18.1%
Percentage of children under 18 in related families who had incomes below the poverty line in 2017

Working-Age Women

14.3%
Percentage of working-age women (ages 18-64) who had incomes below the poverty line in 2017

Working-Age Men

10.9%
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Race & Ethnicity

African American

23.0%

Asian American

11.1%

Latino

19.4%

Native American

25.4%

White

11.1%