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People living in poverty by birth cohort generation in United States
People living in poverty by birth cohort generation
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
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Definition
The federal poverty definition consists of a series of thresholds based on family size and composition. In 2022, the poverty threshold for a family of two adults and two children was $29,678. Poverty status is not determined for people in military barracks, institutional quarters, or for unrelated individuals under age 15 (such as foster children). The data are based on income received in the 12 months prior to the survey.
Data Source
Notes
N.A. - Data not available.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at
People living in poverty by birth cohort generation.Last Updated
June 2024