Reduce the proportion of people living in poverty — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
11.6 percent (2021)

Target:
8.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
11.8 percent of persons were living below the poverty threshold in 2018

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**Persons living in poverty**, **2018**-**2021**
(percent)
Population	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	11.8	10.5	11.5	11.6

Data Source: Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS-ASEC), Census and DOL/BLS

Persons living in poverty by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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