Chart: Poverty rose significantly in 2022: Number of all people and children in poverty (in millions), 2019–2022 | Economic Policy Institute

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Poverty rose significantly in 2022: Number of all people and children in poverty (in millions), 2019–2022

	All	Children
2019	38.30	9.253
2020	30.04	7.196
2021	25.58	3.829
2022	40.90	8.98

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Source: EPI analysis of United States Census Bureau Supplemental Poverty Measure data (Table B-2).

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