"Years","1959","1960","1961","1962","1963","1964","1965","1966","1967","1968","1969","1970","1971","1972","1973","1974","1975","1976","1977","1978","1979","1980","1981","1982","1983","1984","1985","1986","1987","1988","1989","1990","1991","1992","1993","1994","1995","1996","1997","1998","1999","2000","2001","2002","2003","2004","2005","2006","2007","2008","2009","2010","2011","2012","2013","2014","2015","2016","2017","2018","2019","2020","2021" "Families in poverty (Items)","8320000","8243000","8391000","8077000","7554000","7160000","6721000","5784000","5667000","5047000","5008000","5260000","5303000","5075000","4828000","4922000","5450000","5311000","5311000","5280000","5461000","6217000","6851000","7512000","7647000","7277000","7223000","7023000","7005000","6874000","6784000","7098000","7712000","8144000","8393000","8053000","7532000","7708000","7324000","7186000","6792000","6400000","6813000","7229000","7607000","7835000","7657000","7668000","7623000","8147000","8792000","9400000","9497000","9520000","9645000","9467000","8589000","8081000","7790000","7504000","6554000","7284000","7415000" " By family type",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, " Married-couple families without children under 18 (Items)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"916000","1049000","983000","922000","979000","1067000","1058000","1195000","1319000","1258000","1144000","1180000","1073000","1048000","1050000","1059000","991000","1052000","1148000","1118000","1075000","1021000","1046000","958000","1057000","1037000","1022000","1117000","1221000","1230000","1313000","1167000","1164000","1084000","1272000","1248000","1372000","1436000","1459000","1359000","1635000","1360000","1430000","1397000","1472000","1228000","1411000","1622000" " Married-couple families with children under 18 (Items)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"1558000","1855000","1623000","1602000","1495000","1573000","1974000","2199000","2470000","2557000","2344000","2258000","2050000","1963000","1847000","1872000","1990000","2106000","2237000","2363000","2197000","1961000","1964000","1863000","1822000","1711000","1615000","1643000","1831000","1885000","1903000","1777000","1746000","1765000","1989000","2161000","2309000","2216000","2246000","2035000","2100000","1885000","1666000","1536000","1466000","1279000","1442000","1329000" " Families with a single householder, no spouse present without children under 18 (Items)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"218000","229000","268000","308000","241000","313000","338000","465000","481000","518000","472000","457000","434000","492000","452000","416000","431000","489000","539000","524000","570000","535000","531000","481000","501000","545000","512000","558000","611000","606000","703000","761000","682000","710000","770000","913000","883000","949000","1000000","1110000","1021000","976000","963000","977000","941000","866000","974000","1040000" " Families with a female householder, no spouse present with children under 18 (Items)","1525000","1476000","1505000","1613000","1578000","1439000","1499000","1410000","1418000","1459000","1519000","1680000","1830000","1925000","1987000","2147000","2252000","2343000","2384000","2462000","2392000","2703000","2877000","3059000","3122000","3124000","3131000","3264000","3281000","3294000","3190000","3426000","3767000","3867000","4034000","3816000","3634000","3755000","3614000","3456000","3139000","2906000","3083000","3171000","3416000","3477000","3493000","3615000","3593000","3645000","3800000","4163000","4243000","4099000","4437000","4048000","3682000","3488000","3333000","3095000","2703000","2983000","2912000" " Families with a male householder, no spouse present with children under 18 (Items)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"84000","65000","94000","95000","103000","116000","144000","115000","184000","192000","194000","197000","202000","221000","232000","246000","260000","297000","353000","354000","395000","381000","412000","407000","350000","360000","345000","412000","395000","470000","439000","459000","461000","471000","471000","670000","673000","652000","717000","709000","664000","685000","534000","548000","530000","477000","474000","513000" "Sources:" ,"Agency","Source","Table","Url","Direct Link","Updated","Update Schedule" ,"Census Bureau","Historical Poverty Tables, Table 4","Poverty Status of Families, by Type of Family, Presence of Related Children, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2017","https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty-people.html","https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/tables/time-series/historical-poverty-people/hstpov4.xls","2019","Annual" "Exported on: 03/28/2024"