"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" "Percent of families in poverty (%)","0.181","0.181","0.181","0.172","0.15","0.139","0.139","0.114","0.114","0.097","0.101","0.1","0.1","0.088","0.088","0.097","0.0969999999","0.093","0.091","0.091","0.092","0.112","0.1119999999","0.123","0.116","0.1159999999","0.109","0.107","0.104","0.104","0.107","0.107","0.115","0.119","0.123","0.1159999999","0.11","0.11","0.103","0.093","0.087","0.092","0.096","0.1","0.1","0.102","0.098","0.098","0.103","0.103","0.118","0.118","0.118","0.118","0.1169999999","0.116","0.104","0.098","0.093","0.09","0.078","0.087","0.088" " By family type",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, " Married-couple families without children under 18 (%)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"0.0431831039","0.048533358","0.0447184059","0.0417175693","0.0435246521","0.0454100523","0.0447868602","0.0490719448","0.0535482299","0.0505932032","0.0451959544","0.0463891182","0.0413232688","0.0399832131","0.0396196513","0.0394545657","0.0370647417","0.0388191881","0.0422322775","0.0413155949","0.0390937522","0.0370787332","0.0381473377","0.0343479975","0.0370201737","0.0350385187","0.0346710995","0.0374530579","0.0403303055","0.0399791978","0.042566297","0.0375942271","0.0367807375","0.0339333228","0.0389622323","0.0386270079","0.041600970285021","0.042382385927631","0.042968634958033","0.040167883427423","0.047424295161852","0.038701232178936","0.04003023262324","0.038318064622305","0.039953315419483","0.032839492966786","0.03829452315041","0.04388646878974" " Married-couple families with children under 18 (%)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"0.06","0.072","0.064","0.063","0.059","0.061","0.077","0.087","0.098","0.1009999999","0.094","0.089","0.08","0.077","0.072","0.073","0.078","0.083","0.086","0.09","0.083","0.075","0.075","0.071","0.069","0.064","0.06","0.061","0.068","0.07","0.07","0.065","0.064","0.067","0.075","0.083","0.09","0.088","0.089","0.079","0.0819999999","0.075","0.066","0.06","0.0579999999","0.051","0.059","0.054" " Families with a single householder, no spouse present without children under 18 (%)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"0.0688348594","0.0703749231","0.0813600485","0.088582111","0.067393736","0.0856126914","0.0863566683","0.113998529","0.1146329837","0.1187256474","0.1059959577","0.099651112","0.0918518518","0.0984590754","0.0889063729","0.0836853751","0.0848091302","0.0937859608","0.1040138942","0.10501002","0.1132525332","0.1001497566","0.0945344489","0.086417535","0.0874040474","0.0919986495","0.0837833415","0.0916256157","0.0940723633","0.0941286113","0.1058097531","0.1089945574","0.0970404097","0.1000563697","0.1059876118","0.1179891444","0.111419558359621","0.115576665448788","0.117398450340456","0.125511131303953","0.119877891276271","0.111708824539316","0.105257405180894","0.108290844602084","0.102449646162221","0.091766451202713","0.099195437417252","0.101592263358406" " Families with a female householder, no spouse present with children under 18 (%)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"0.154","0.1169999999","0.154","0.148","0.147","0.155","0.18","0.14","0.206","0.2019999999","0.181","0.171","0.178","0.168","0.18","0.181","0.188","0.196","0.225","0.225","0.226","0.1969999999","0.2","0.187","0.166","0.163","0.153","0.177","0.166","0.191","0.171","0.176","0.179","0.175","0.176","0.237","0.241","0.2189999999","0.226","0.215","0.22","0.221","0.173","0.175","0.166","0.153","0.143","0.155" " Families with a male householder, no spouse present with children under 18 (%)","0.599","0.563","0.56","0.597","0.557","0.497","0.522","0.471","0.445","0.446","0.449","0.4379999999","0.449","0.445","0.432","0.437","0.44","0.441","0.418","0.422","0.396","0.429","0.4429999999","0.478","0.471","0.457","0.4539999999","0.46","0.455","0.447","0.428","0.445","0.471","0.462","0.461","0.44","0.415","0.419","0.41","0.387","0.357","0.33","0.336","0.337","0.355","0.359","0.362","0.365","0.37","0.372","0.385","0.409","0.409","0.409","0.42","0.3979999999","0.365","0.356","0.351","0.3379999999","0.307","0.321","0.313" "Sources:" ,"Agency","Source","Table","Url","Direct Link","Updated","Update Schedule" ,"Census Bureau","Historical Poverty Tables: People and Families","","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/hstpov20.xlsx","2021","Yearly" "Exported on: 03/29/2024"