States in the South and West have the highest rates of child ... child poverty, but Vice President-elect JD Vance has said he supports a $5,000 child tax credit. The map shows that a large ...

This metric relies on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which determines poverty rates by calculating the share of people in a state whose family or individual income falls below poverty thresholds.

poverty rate. But it did experience a shocking increase in poverty among people aged 65 and older from 2012 to 2022. Poverty in the United States presents a complex mosaic of challenges and ...

More than 38 million people live in poverty in the United States—the wealthiest ... and billionaires are increasing their wealth at astounding rates while the rest of us are suffering the consequences ...

Poverty rates have also plunged during that time, dropping from 13.3% to around 3.5% after adjusting for inflation. But the decrease is due to the corresponding expansion of government benefits ...

As I explained in recent testimony before the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the old-age poverty rate in the US is 23%, compared to about 15% in the United Kingdom ...