12.1%
2024 (latest)
POVERTY RATE
percent of people, all ages · 1989–2024 · lower is better · FRED PPAAUS00000A156NCEN
12.8%
1989
15.9%
high · 2011
11.3%
low · 2000
−0.7 pts
since 1989
┊ dashed lines mark 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Census SAIPE estimated percent of people of all ages in poverty. Published from 1989.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PPAAUS00000A156NCEN
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.1% | −0.4 pts |
| 2023 | 12.5% | −0.1 pts |
| 2022 | 12.6% | −0.2 pts |
| 2021 | 12.8% | +0.9 pts |
| 2020 | 11.9% | −0.4 pts |
| 2019 | 12.3% | −0.8 pts |
| 2018 | 13.1% | −0.3 pts |
| 2017 | 13.4% | −0.6 pts |
| 2016 | 14.0% | −0.7 pts |
| 2015 | 14.7% | −0.8 pts |
| 2014 | 15.5% | −0.3 pts |
| 2013 | 15.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 2012 | 15.9% | +0.0 pts |
| 2011 | 15.9% | +0.6 pts |
| 2010 | 15.3% | +1.0 pts |
| 2009 | 14.3% | +1.1 pts |
| 2008 | 13.2% | +0.2 pts |
| 2007 | 13.0% | −0.3 pts |
| 2006 | 13.3% | +0.0 pts |
| 2005 | 13.3% | +0.6 pts |
| 2004 | 12.7% | +0.2 pts |
| 2003 | 12.5% | +0.4 pts |
| 2002 | 12.1% | +0.4 pts |
| 2001 | 11.7% | +0.4 pts |
| 2000 | 11.3% | −0.6 pts |
| 1999 | 11.9% | −0.8 pts |
| 1998 | 12.7% | −0.6 pts |
| 1997 | 13.3% | −0.4 pts |
| 1996 | 13.7% | −0.1 pts |
| 1995 | 13.8% | −1.3 pts |
| 1993 | 15.1% | +2.3 pts |
| 1989 | 12.8% | — |
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