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Sep 12, 2011
The following charts summarize key points about the poverty data released September 13, 2011. Poverty for All Persons, 2000 to 2010Figure 1. Poverty for All Persons, 2000 to 2010, shows the percentage in poverty for all persons starting in 2000 through 2010 as 11.3, 11.7, 12.1, 12.5, 12.7, 12.6, 12.3, 12.5, 13.2, 14.3, and 15.1 Overall Poverty
Child Poverty, 2000 to 2010Figure 2. Child Poverty, 2000 to 2010, shows the percentage of children in poverty from 2000 through 2010 as 16.2, 16.3, 16.7, 17.6, 17.8, 17.6, 17.4, 18.0, 19.0, 20.7, and 22.0 Child Poverty — All Children
All Persons and Children Under 50% of Poverty Threshold, 2000 to 2010Figure 3. All Persons and Children Under 50% of Poverty Threshold, 2000 to 2010 shows poverty for all persons and children under 50% separately from 2000 through 2010 as increasing steadily from 4.5% for all persons to 6.7% over those years. For children, it increases steadily from 6.7% in 2000 to 9.9% in 2010. Deep Poverty
African-American Child Poverty, 2000 to 2010Figure 4. African-American Child Poverty, 2000 to 2010, shows the percentage in poverty of African-American children as 31.2, 30.2, 31.5, 33.6, 33.2, 33.5, 33.0, 33.7, 33.9, 35.4, and 38.2 Note: In 2002, the Census Bureau began reporting data for people describing themselves as Black or African-American Alone and also Black or African-American Alone or in Combination with another race category. The Black or African-American Alone or in Combination percentage is shown on the chart. For 2010, the Black or African-American Alone percentage was 39.1 percent. Child PovertyChildren in African-American and Hispanic Families
Hispanic Child Poverty, 2000 to 2010Figure 5. Hispanic Child Poverty, 2000 to 2010, shows the percentage in poverty of Hispanic children as 28.4, 28.0, 28.6, 29.7, 28.9, 28.3, 26.9, 28.6, 30.6, 33.1, and 35.0
Poverty Rates for All Persons, 1979 to 2010Figure 6. Poverty Rates for All Persons, 1979 to 2010, shows the percentage of all persons in poverty from 1979 through 2010 for all persons, African-Americans, and Hispanics. These have the pattern of rising to a peak in 1982, then declining until 1985, then remaining fairly constant until they start to rise in 1990 and a peak in 1993, then declining until 2000, and then fairly constant until 2007 when they begin to rise. Historical Poverty Rates for All Persons
The poverty rate is the ratio of the number of people (in a given age group) whose income falls below the poverty line; taken as half the median household income of the total population. It is also available by broad age group: child poverty (0-17 years old), working-age poverty and elderly poverty (66 year-olds or more). However, two countries with the same poverty rates may differ in terms of the relative income-level of the poor. |