US poverty rate 2022: Levels jumped, breaking a three-year streak
WEBSep 12, 2023 — Newly released data shows, in 2022, 12.4% of Americans lived in poverty, up from 7.8% in 2021, the bureau said, representing millions more living without the minimum level of resources to meet...
Child poverty skyrockets a year after record low, Census data shows - NPR
WEBSep 12, 2023 — The poverty rate in the U.S. has risen dramatically in the year since pandemic benefits ran out — and the child poverty rate has more than doubled, according to U.S. Census Bureau's annual...
US poverty rate jumped in 2022, child poverty more than ... - ABC News
WEBSep 12, 2023 — The poverty rate in the United States increased last year, the first increase in 13 years, according to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the poverty rate was 12.4%, up 4.6% from 2021, according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which looks at government programs and tax credits designed to help …
America's poverty rate soared last year. Children were among ... - CBS News
WEBSep 12, 2023 — Millions of American families fell into poverty last year as the well of government-funded pandemic aid dried up and incomes shrank, according to new data from the U.S. Census.
Poverty in the United States: 2023 - Census.gov
WEBSep 10, 2024 — In 2023, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 11.1 percent. There were 36.8 million people in poverty in 2023, not statistically different from 2022 (Figure 1 and Table A-1).
Poverty Increased in 2023 as Prices Rose and Pandemic Aid …
WEBSep 10, 2024 — The nation’s poverty rate rose last year even as incomes improved, the government reported on Tuesday, reflecting higher prices and the expiration of the last pandemic relief programs.
Poverty Rate Soared in 2022 as Aid Ended and Prices Rose
WEBSep 12, 2023 — The poverty rate rose to 12.4 percent in 2022 from 7.8 percent in 2021, the largest one-year jump on record, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. Poverty among children more than doubled, to...
Why the Child Poverty Rate in the U.S. More Than Doubled - TIME
WEBSep 12, 2023 — In 2021, 5.2% of children were living in poverty. In 2022 that figure was 12.4%, or about 9 million children. This hike was part of a wider rise in poverty recorded by the Census, some of which...
Child poverty in the US jumped and income declined in 2022 as ...
WEBSep 12, 2023 — Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation kept rising, according to figures released Tuesday by …
Government Assistance Lifts 45.4 Million Out of Poverty in 2021
WEBJun 13, 2023 — The U.S. official poverty rate was 11.6% in 2021, while the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) dipped to 7.8%, its lowest point on record, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today.