People living in low-income households by birth cohort generation and race and ethncity in the United States

Definitions: The share of all people who live in families with incomes less than 200% of the federal poverty level by birth cohort generation and by race and ethnicity.

The federal poverty definitions consists of a series of thresholds based on family size and composition. In 2020, 200% of the poverty threshold for a family of two adults and two children was $51,853. Poverty status is not determined for people in military barracks, institutional quarters, or for unrelated individuals under age 15 (such as foster children).

Data Source: Population Reference Bureau analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2006-2010 through 2016-2020 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample.

Footnotes: Updated November 2022.
S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.
N.A. - Data not available.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at People living in low-income households by birth cohort generation and race and ethncity.

Definitions: The share of all people who live in families with incomes less than 200% of the federal poverty level by birth cohort generation and by race and ethnicity.

The federal poverty definitions consists of a series of thresholds based on family size and composition. In 2020, 200% of the poverty threshold for a family of two adults and two children was $51,853. Poverty status is not determined for people in military barracks, institutional quarters, or for unrelated individuals under age 15 (such as foster children).

Data Source: Population Reference Bureau analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 2006-2010 through 2016-2020 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample.

Footnotes: Updated November 2022.
S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.
N.A. - Data not available.
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at People living in low-income households by birth cohort generation and race and ethncity.