The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

Every year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updates the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), a single number that quietly governs access to dozens of essential federal assistance ...

The following information was released by the United States Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024, not statistically different ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Child poverty in the United States more than ...

WASHINGTON -- The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans' ...

The U.S. Census Bureau measures poverty by comparing a household’s pre-tax income to a set poverty threshold. This threshold is the amount of money needed to cover basic needs. While some states have ...