22.2% (39.9 million people in poverty)
% of all people below official poverty level
No current source auditAll sources · source collection
Historical Poverty Tables (Census API: histpov2)
U.S. Census Bureau · 2024
Population measured
All U.S. population (official poverty measure, CPS ASEC)
Source notes & limitations
Official poverty rate from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC), accessed via Census API endpoint histpov2. Covers 1959-present. PCTPOV = percentage of all people below poverty level. PCTFAMPOV = percentage of people in families below poverty level. The official poverty measure uses pre-tax money income vs. poverty thresholds by family size and age. Data starts 1959 (first year of official poverty measure).
Where this source appears
6 records across 6 decades and countries. Documented gaps are included; a source cited for a gap does not establish a value.
0 of 6 records have a current source audit. A transcription check reads a declared numeric field from a pinned local source file; a calculation replay reads its operands and applies the declared method and rounding rule. A source audit does not independently validate the source or every claim in a record. The date is the last successful local audit; the build checks that its bindings still match.
US · 1960s
US · 1970s
12.6% (25.5 million people in poverty)
% of all people below official poverty level
No current source auditUS · 1980s
13.0% (29.3 million people in poverty)
% of all people below official poverty level
No current source auditUS · 1990s
13.5% (33.6 million people in poverty)
% of all people below official poverty level
No current source auditUS · 2000s
11.3% (31.5 million people in poverty)
% of all people below official poverty level
No current source auditUS · 2010s
15.1% (46.2 million people in poverty)
% of all people below official poverty level
No current source audit