New Census Bureau data highlights sharp contrasts in poverty across the U.S., with some states reporting rates nearly three times higher than others. Over the three-year period from 2022 through 2024, ...

These charts come from the Census Bureau’s new report, opens new tab on child poverty in America. The first one shows how it has been increasing rapidly since the recession hit — the crisis might have ...

Green, a Wall Street investor, created a buzz in late 2025 by arguing that the U.S. poverty line should be jacked up to ...

Census Bureau releases latest data on poverty in America. Sept. 13, 2011— -- An estimated 46.2 million Americans lived in poverty last year, or 15.1 percent, the highest rate since 1993, new data ...

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) shows that Michigan’s official poverty rate remained largely stagnant over the past two years and has worsened since before ...

If you want to understand what a K-shaped economy really means, don’t start with Wall Street or national GDP charts. Start with classrooms. New estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that 17% of ...

A slew of pandemic-era emergency aid for children—including universal school meals and Medicaid expansions in many states—led to the lowest child poverty rate on record. But new Census data show ...