Most states had lower official poverty rates in 2019-2021 than a decade earlier. Learn more in this America Counts story.





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How Have State Official Poverty Rates Changed Over 10 Years?

Most states had lower average official poverty rates in 2019-2021 than a decade earlier, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates released in January, during National Poverty in America Awareness Month.

A new historical table using the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) shows that three-year average official poverty rates fell nationwide and in most states between 2009-2011 and 2019-2021.

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These changes reflect economic trends over the decade.?

The 2009-2011 data cover the period immediately following the Great Recession (December 2007 to June 2009), when poverty rates were among their highest this century.

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* Official poverty rates by state (3-year average)
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