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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country estimate

Below the poverty line in United States

2021 – 2024 · 4 data points Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 12.5% +0.0 pp since 2023
First value · 2021 12.6%
Below the poverty line, 2021 – 2024 percent

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

The series at a glance United States · 2021 – 2024
Latest value 12.5% · 2024
First value 12.6% · 2021
Highest 12.6% · 2021
Lowest 12.4% · 2023
Data points 4

By year

All years · 2021 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange
2024estimate 12.5% +0.0 pp
2023estimate 12.4% −0.1 pp
2022estimate 12.5% −0.1 pp
2021estimate 12.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021 – 2024

What it means

The share of residents living in households below the official poverty threshold.

How it is calculated

Residents in households whose income is below the federal poverty threshold for their size, from the survey.