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 …
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...
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...
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).
The Surprising Poverty Levels Across the U.S. | TIME
WEBOct 4, 2023 · The U.S. poverty rate saw its largest one-year increase in history. 12.4% of Americans now live in poverty according to new 2022 data from the U.S. census, an increase from 7.4% in 2021. Child...
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...
Poverty in U.S. Declined Thanks to Government Aid, Census …
WEBSep 14, 2021 · In the latest and most conclusive evidence that poverty fell because of the aid, the Census Bureau reported on Tuesday that 9.1 percent of Americans were living below the poverty line last...
Poverty in the United States: 2022 - Census.gov
WEBSep 12, 2023 · The official poverty rate in 2022 was 11.5 percent, with 37.9 million people in poverty. Neither the rate nor the number in poverty was significantly different from 2021 (Figure 1 and Table A-1). The official poverty rate for …