POVERTY QUICK FACTS

• -34.0 million people (10.5 percent) lived in poverty in 2019, down from 11.8 percent in 2018.
• -One in seven (14.4% or 10.5 million) children lived in poverty in 2019.
• -The 2019 poverty rate was much higher for Black individuals (18.8 percent) and Hispanic individuals (15.7 percent) than for white, non-Hispanic individuals (7.3 percent).
• -SNAP lifted 2.5 million people out of poverty, school lunches lifted 1.2 million out of poverty, and WIC lifted 299,000 people out of poverty in 2019.

The Census Bureau released its latest report on income, poverty, and health insurance on September 15. See the reports: Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019 and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2019 The Census Bureau also released its Supplemental Poverty Measure report in September. See the report: The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2019
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