According to the Census Bureau's most recent data, the official poverty rate in 2023 was 11.1%. That translates to 36.8 million people in poverty. The federal poverty level is an economic measure ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration ...

Fearless journalism is more important than ever. When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to ...

The official poverty rate was 12.3% in 2017 ... a vastly higher number than the federal poverty thresholds. Understanding whether you fall within a certain income threshold, based on family ...

Number of children who are under age 6 and living in households below the federal poverty threshold, measured by the official poverty measure. Percentage of children under age 6 who are in poverty ...

Now, the federal poverty line is the same no matter where you live. Rep. Mikie Sherrill introduced a bill to require regional ...

More than half of households in Maui County are estimated to be living below the ALICE threshold, meaning they are below both the basic cost of living and federal poverty lines, according to a ...

The federal poverty level (FPL) affects everything from health ... According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 11.1% in 2023.

About half of U.S. states and some federal agencies now use the ALICE threshold in poverty and financial hardship assessments. Thirty-six percent, or almost 1.3 million, of New Jersey households ...