Chart: Total population and share below the poverty line, by nativity, 2015 | Economic Policy Institute

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Total population and share below the poverty line, by nativity, 2015

	Native born	Foreign born
Total population	86.5%	13.5%
Below poverty line	79.6%	20.4%

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Note: Poverty line based on the Supplemental Poverty Measure from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Source: EPI analysis of the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2015

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