��p���0&NG� /� I also calculate race-based poverty statistics for each state to provide a more comprehensive comparison of poverty. These disparities are especially pronounced among children and people ages 65 and older. endstream endobj 2464 0 obj <>stream Poverty Status of People by Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2016..... 50 Table B-3. ; The range, also known as the difference between largest and smallest values, of poverty rates for people with disabilities across Florida counties was 28.2%. Table 4 – The Poverty Intersection of Race and Age: Tennessee 934,603 Tables 5 and 6 – The Poverty Intersection of Race* and Age: Shelby County and Memphis $56,520 Hispanic Overall *Data not available for Latino/Hispanic and Asian 1,346,437 Table 7 – The Poverty Intersection of Race and Age: Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) The African American poverty rate fell 0.8 percentage points, to 21.2 percent, … These tables present data on health insurance coverage in the United States during 2016. Economic security programs reduce gaps in child poverty by race and ethnicity by nearly half. The federal poverty definition consists of a series of thresholds based on family size and composition. Households by Total Money Income, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder: 1967 to 2017, Table A-4. Selected Measures of Equivalence-Adjusted Income Dispersion: 1967 to 2017, Table 3. endstream endobj startxref Data from the 2015 American Community Survey was used to provide estimates by key demographics and socioeconomic characteristics such as age, gender, period of service, race/ethnicity, employment and occupation. Male Veterans had lower poverty rates than male non-Veterans except for age range 54-65. Whites experience similar poverty rates (11–12%) in the 12,808,000 children lived in poverty in 2017. h�b```"=V�� ��ea�h`����a5D�Iq��⇒@GG���h ��� -�"`�4F9F~F=��L,�LALg����0�2fz˥��ر��!�'�6��r��w iF �bVF������ Y��:�H+20^���c�0 (�� For Latino children, it … Importantly, this national-level informa- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2017 6 Prepared by the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics For the nation as a whole, the poverty … Definitions: The share of children under age 18 who live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, by race and ethnicity. While the poverty rate for the population as a whole is 12.3% the rate varies greatly by race. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa, 2017 Report No. Families and People in Poverty by Type of Family: 2016 and 2017, Table 5. For data that is specific to states and congressional districts, see our poverty by area tool. Asians made up 6.1% of the population and 4.3% of the population in poverty. While the poverty rate for the population as a whole is 10.5% the rate varies greatly by race. Blacks have the highest poverty rate at 21.2% and Non-Hispanic whites the lowest at 8.7%. October 2017 Download the Report (PDF) CPJ released Poverty Trends 2017, our annual report on poverty in Canada, a week ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. These tables present data on health insurance coverage in the United States during 2017. The Poverty rate for Blacks and Hispanics is more than double that of non-Hispanic Whites. Income Deficit or Surplus of Families and Unrelated Individuals by Poverty Status: 2017, Number and Percent of Shared Households, and Number and Percent of Adults aged 18 and older, in Shared Households: 2017 and 2018, Impact on Poverty of Alternative Resource Measure by Age: 1981 to 2017, Percentage of People in Poverty by State Using 2- and 3-Year Averages: 2014-2015 and 2016-2017, Interrelationships of 3-Year Average State Poverty Rates: 2015 - 2017, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2017. The percentage of single-race American Indian and Alaska Native people who were in poverty in 2016, the highest rate of any race group.