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What percentage of American families live below the poverty line?

8.8% of American families live below the poverty line — about 9 in every 100, or 1 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

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8.8

Where this number comes from

Survey
American Community Survey
What it measured
American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHOSE INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL → All families”.
Population
American families
Year
2023
90% confidence interval
8.7% to 8.9%

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