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The US Census declared that in 2014, 14.8% of the general population lived in poverty: [93] As of 2010 about half of those living in poverty are non-Hispanic white (19.6 million). [93] Non-Hispanic white children comprised 57% of all poor rural children. [94]
The second table lists countries by the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line—the poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. [9] Definitions of the poverty line vary considerably among nations.
This list of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate covers the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and their populations' poverty rate. The four other inhabited U.S. territories ( American Samoa , Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands , and the U.S. Virgin Islands ) are listed separately.
Those in severe poverty are more likely to be Black Americans and Latin Americans. [17] More than one-fourth of the Native American and Alaska Native population lives in poverty. [26] When adjusted for age, the death rate of Native Americans and Alaska Natives is 40% higher than the general population, and 39% of the children are obese or ...
Of those census tracts, a third are federally classified as rural. ... East Kentucky's population was declining long before the floods. Shaping Our Appalachian Region, a nonprofit focused on ...
The U.S. population grew only 0.1% from the previous year before. [90] The United States' population has grown by less than one million people for the first time since 1937, with the lowest numeric growth since at least 1900, when the Census Bureau began yearly population estimates. [90]
The definition of relative poverty varies from one country to another, or from one society to another. [2] Statistically, as of 2019, most of the world's population live in poverty: in PPP dollars, 85% of people live on less than $30 per day, two-thirds live on less than $10 per day, and 10% live on less than $1.90 per day. [3]
According to Ward, poverty is the strongest predictor of insufficient prenatal care, [18] which is caused by three factors that reduce access. These include socio-demographic factors (such as age, ethnicity, marital status, and education), systematic barriers, and barriers based on lack of knowledge, attitudes and life-styles. [18]