Poverty in the United States: Explore the Map. Use U.S. Census Bureau poverty data to explore more than a dozen topics that measure the health of the economy at the state and national levels.

Between 1989 and 2019, 19.4 million people lived in areas of persistent poverty, according to a new report by the US Census Bureau.

Maps of Poverty Headcount (𝑃0) at the $1.90 extreme poverty line. For comparison, the leftmost panel for each row indicates cluster poverty rates estimated directly from realized consumption ...

New York City is the water poverty capital of the United States, according to a study citing census data, with 56,900 residents living without access to running water in 2021.

States in the South and West have the highest rates of child poverty, according to a U.S. Census, after the overall U.S. rate increased from 12.4 to 13.7 percent in 2023. Child poverty more than ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Inflation-adjusted income fell and a key poverty measure rose sharply last year as the U.S. economy continued its rocky emergence from a once-in-a-century pandemic ...

Between 1989 and 2019, 19.4 million people lived in areas of persistent poverty, according to a new report by the US Census Bureau. Map: These US states have the highest rates of long-term poverty ...

States in the South and West have the highest rates of child poverty, according to a U.S. Census, after the overall U.S. rate increased from 12.4 to 13.7 percent in 2023.