Economic Snapshot

Women over 65 are more likely to be poor than men, regardless of race, educational background, and marital status: Poverty rate of men and women age 65 and older by age, race, ethnicity and marital status, 2012

Men Women
All 65+ 12% 17%
65-69 11% 13%
70-79 11% 17%
80+ 17% 22%
White non-Hispanic 10% 14%
Black non-Hispanic 18% 25%
Hispanic 28% 31%
Married 11% 12%
Divorced 15% 19%
Widowed 15% 20%
Never married 21% 29%
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Source: EPI analysis of IPUMS-CPS (https://cps.ipums.org/cps/micro-data using the Supplemental Poverty Measure)

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