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U.S. Poverty Rate Varies by Age Groups

The U.S. official poverty rate as measured by the American Community Survey (ACS), was 12.6% in 2022 but the rate was significantly different for the nation?s oldest and youngest populations, according to a Census Bureau report released today.

The ACS shows that in 2022 the child (people under age 18) poverty rate was 16.3%, 3.7 percentage points higher than the overall rate. But the poverty rate among those age 65 and over was 10.9%, 1.6 percentage points lower than the overall rate. The poverty rate for those ages 18 to 64 was 11.7%.

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Although lower than the child poverty rate, the poverty rate of those 65 and older?"rose"?0.7 percentage points while the child poverty rate?"decreased"?by 0.7 percentage points from 2021 to 2022 ? the first time since 2018 the rates changed in opposite directions. Twice before (2009 and 2010), the reverse happened; that is, child poverty went up and poverty among those age 65 and over went down.

The poverty picture in four states ? Arizona, Georgia, Maryland and New Jersey ? was the same as the national one in 2022: the rate increased among those age 65-plus and decreased for children.

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