Figure 7A

Poverty and twice-poverty rates,1959–2013

Twice poverty rate Poverty rate
Jan-1959 22.4%
Jan-1960 22.2%
Jan-1961 21.9%
Jan-1962 21.0%
Jan-1963 19.5%
Jan-1964 19.0%
Jan-1965 17.3%
Jan-1966 14.7%
Jan-1967 14.2%
Jan-1968 12.8%
Jan-1969 12.1%
Jan-1970 12.6%
Jan-1971 12.5%
Jan-1972 11.9%
Jan-1973 11.1%
Jan-1974 11.2%
Jan-1975 34.6% 12.3%
Jan-1976 33.5% 11.8%
Jan-1977 32.7% 11.6%
Jan-1978 31.0% 11.4%
Jan-1979 31.3% 11.7%
Jan-1980 33.9% 13.0%
Jan-1981 35.7% 14.0%
Jan-1982 36.6% 15.0%
Jan-1983 36.1% 15.2%
Jan-1984 34.6% 14.4%
Jan-1985 33.9% 14.0%
Jan-1986 33.9% 13.6%
Jan-1987 31.7% 13.4%
Jan-1988 31.7% 13.0%
Jan-1989 31.4% 12.8%
Jan-1990 32.3% 13.5%
Jan-1991 33.5% 14.2%
Jan-1992 34.4% 14.8%
Jan-1993 35.2% 15.1%
Jan-1994 34.3% 14.5%
Jan-1995 33.6% 13.8%
Jan-1996 33.5% 13.7%
Jan-1997 32.1% 13.3%
Jan-1998 30.8% 12.7%
Jan-1999 30.3% 11.9%
Jan-2000 29.3% 11.3%
Jan-2001 30.2% 11.7%
Jan-2002 30.5% 12.1%
Jan-2003 31.1% 12.5%
Jan-2004 31.3% 12.7%
Jan-2005 31.0% 12.6%
Jan-2006 30.5% 12.3%
Jan-2007 30.5% 12.5%
Jan-2008 31.9% 13.2%
Jan-2009 33.0% 14.3%
Jan-2010 34.0% 15.1%
Jan-2011 34.4% 15.0%
Jan-2012 34.2% 15.0%
Jan-2013 33.9% 14.5%
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Note: The poverty rate is the share of the U.S. population with income below the official poverty line (where income is measured in terms of family income for persons in families and individual income otherwise) and the twice-poverty rate is the share with income below twice the official poverty line. Shaded areas denote recessions.

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Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Poverty Tables (Tables 2 and 5)

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