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Income & Poverty Data Tables

The tables below provide income and poverty statistics displayed in tables with columns and rows. Many tables are in downloadable in XLS, CVS and PDF file formats. If you are using a screen reader and are having problems accessing data, please call 301-763-3243 (The Income Statistics Branch) or 301-763-3213 (The Poverty Statistics Branch) for assistance.


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Table
White Persons by Poverty Status in 1969, 1979, 1989, and 1999
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census and Census 2000


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Historical Poverty Tables: Poverty by Definition of Income (R&D)
Detailed annual tables on poverty across a number of individual and family characteristics.


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The Changing Shape of the Nation's Income Distribution: 1947-1998
These data show how, for 50 years, the annual demographic supplement to the March CPS has provided researchers with a wealth of data on income distribution.


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The Changing Shape of the Nation's Income Distribution: 1947-1998
These tables examine annual changes in income and earnings and compares these changes with historical trends.


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Changes in Median Household Income: 1969 to 1996
These data tables illustrate how, from 1969 to 1996, median household income rose a very modest 6.3 percent in constant dollars (from $33,072 to $35,172).


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A Brief Look at Postwar U.S. Income Inequality
A large number of factors have been identified as contributing to changes in inequality, however the root causes are still not entirely understood.


Table
Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1980
The P20 reports and detailed tables are released every two years following national level elections.


Table
Poverty Status in 1979 and 1989 of Occupied Housing Units
Sources: 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Black Persons by Poverty Status in 1969, 1979, 1989, and 1999
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census and Census 2000


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Families by Poverty Status in 1969, 1979, and 1989
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Families by Poverty Status in 1979 and 1989 Age of Householder
Sources: 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


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Families with Female Householder by Poverty Status: 1969, 1979, & 1989
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Families with Children under 18 by Poverty Status: 1969, 1979, & 1989
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


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Historical Income Tables: Counties
Sources: 1960 Census, 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census and Census 2000.


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Historical Income Tables: Experimental Measures
Source: Current Population Survey (CPS)


Table
Historical Income Tables: Income Inequality
Source: Current Population Survey (CPS)


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Historical Income Tables: Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MAs)
Sources: 1960 Census, 1970 Census, 1980 Census, and 1990 Census.


Table
Historical Income Tables: States
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census and Census 2000


Table
Historical Poverty Tables: People and Families - 1959 to 2022
Detailed annual tables on poverty across a number of individual and family characteristics. Source: Current Population Survey (CPS)


Table
Households by Poverty Status in 1979 and 1989
Sources: 1980 Census and 1990 Census


Table
Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State
This table is used by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).


Table
Nonfamily Householder by Poverty Status in 1979 and 1989
Sources: 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Children in Families Below the Poverty Level: 1969, 1979, & 1989
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Percent Distribution of Persons Below the Poverty Level
Sources: 1960 Census, 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census and Census 2000


Table
Persons 65 Yrs & Over by Poverty Status in 1969, 1979, 1989, and 1999
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census and Census 2000


Table
Persons 65 Years and Over by Poverty Status in 1980 and 1990
Sources: 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Persons Below 125 Percent of Poverty Level: 1969, 1979, 1989, and 1999
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census and Census 2000


Table
Persons by Poverty Status for the Outlying Areas in 1980 and 1990
Sources: 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Persons by Poverty Status in 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999
Sources: 1960 Census, 1970 Census, 1980 Census, 1990 Census and Census 2000


Table
Persons by Poverty Status in 1979 and 1989
Sources: 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Persons of Hispanic Origin by Poverty Status in 1979, 1989, and 1999
Sources: 1980 Census, 1990 Census and Census 2000


Table
Population by Poverty Status by Counties


Table
Poverty Rate of Persons in 1969, 1979 and 1989
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Poverty Rates by MSAs: Selected Years 1959 to 1989
Sources: 1960 Census, 1970 Census, 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Poverty Status in 1969, 1979, & 1989 of Persons by Central City Status
Sources: 1970 Census, 1980 Census, and 1990 Census


Table
Poverty Thresholds
Poverty Thresholds by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years Source: Current Population Survey (CPS)

Page Last Revised - November 21, 2021
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