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Poverty Rates by Age 1959 to 2015. United States. As of 2010, the US Census declared that 15.1% of the general population of the United States lived in poverty: 22% of all people under the age of 18; 13.7% of those between the ages of 19-21; 9% of all people either 65 or older [92]
10 wrz 2024 · Detailed annual tables on poverty across a number of individual and family characteristics. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS)
12 wrz 2023 · Detailed annual tables on poverty across a number of individual and family characteristics.
29 kwi 2024 · Official poverty rates in 2022 were 15.0% for children, 10.6% for the working-age population, and 10.2% for the aged population. Using the SPM, however, the picture changes markedly (see the “Official and Supplemental Poverty Findings for 2022” section).
24 maj 2022 · July 01, 1982. This report provides detailed social and economic statistics for the population below the poverty level based on the March 1981 Current Population Survey (CPS). Family Food Plans and Food Costs (1962) [PDF] Includes the Economy Food Plan, used by Orshansky to develop poverty thresholds. Research on Poverty Measures.
13 sty 2014 · Here’s a look at what has, and hasn’t, changed, based on the official measure. (Note: The reference years vary depending on data availability.) Today, most poor Americans are in their prime working years: In 2012, 57% of poor Americans were ages 18 to 64, versus 41.7% in 1959.
This data table enables a quick-view of the poverty rates in any given year for the US population, children, working-age adults, and the elderly. It includes the historical SPM poverty rates and SPM poverty rates anchored to 2012 SPM thresholds, with and without taxes and transfers.
