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Poverty in the United States: 2021

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Poverty in the United States: 2021

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Official Poverty Measure

xls Poverty Thresholds: 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table A-1. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2020 and 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table A-2. Families and People in Poverty by Type of Family: 2020 and 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table A-3. People With Income Below Specified Ratios of Their Poverty Thresholds by Selected Characteristics: 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table A-4. Poverty Status of People by Family Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table A-5. Poverty Status of People by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table A-6. Poverty Status of Families by Type of Family: 1959 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table C-1. People in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2020 Estimates Using 2010 Census-Based Population Controls and 2020 Census-Based Population Controls [<1.0 MB]
xls Table C-2. Families and People in Poverty by Type of Family: 2020 Estimates Using 2010 Census-Based Population Controls and 2020 Census-Based Population Controls [<1.0 MB]
xls Impact on Poverty of Alternative Resource Measures by Age: 1981 to 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Interrelationships of Three-Year Average State Poverty Rates: 2019 – 2021 [<1.0 MB]

Supplemental Poverty Measure

xls Table B-1. Two-Adult, Two-Child Poverty Thresholds: 2020 and 2021 [<1.0MB]
xls Table B-2. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2009 to 2021 [< 1.0 MB]
xls Table B-3. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020 and 2021 [< 1.0 MB]
xls Table B-4. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty by Different Poverty Measures: 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table B-5. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty by State Using 3-Year Average: 2019, 2020, and 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table B-6. Percentage of People by Ratio of Income/Resources to Poverty Threshold: 2020 and 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table B-7. Effect of Individual Elements on Supplemental Poverty Measure Rates: 2020 and 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table B-8. Effect of Individual Elements on the Number of Individuals in Poverty: 2020 and 2021 [<1.0 MB]
xls Table C-3. Number and Percentage of People in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020 Estimates Using 2010 Census-Based Population Controls and 2020 Census-Based Population Controls [<1.0 MB]
xls SPM Thresholds by Metro Area: 2021 [<1.0 MB]

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