Poverty rate, actual and simulated, 1959–2013
Simulated poverty rate* | Actual poverty rate | |
---|---|---|
1959-01-01 | 22.0% | 22.4% |
1960-01-01 | 21.9% | 22.2% |
1961-01-01 | 21.8% | 21.9% |
1962-01-01 | 20.6% | 21.0% |
1963-01-01 | 19.8% | 19.5% |
1964-01-01 | 18.6% | 19.0% |
1965-01-01 | 17.1% | 17.3% |
1966-01-01 | 15.4% | 14.7% |
1967-01-01 | 14.9% | 14.2% |
1968-01-01 | 13.7% | 12.8% |
1969-01-01 | 13.0% | 12.1% |
1970-01-01 | 13.3% | 12.6% |
1971-01-01 | 12.6% | 12.5% |
1972-01-01 | 11.1% | 11.9% |
1973-01-01 | 9.4% | 11.1% |
1974-01-01 | 9.9% | 11.2% |
1975-01-01 | 10.4% | 12.3% |
1976-01-01 | 8.7% | 11.8% |
1977-01-01 | 7.3% | 11.6% |
1978-01-01 | 5.5% | 11.4% |
1979-01-01 | 4.7% | 11.7% |
1980-01-01 | 5.3% | 13.0% |
1981-01-01 | 4.6% | 14.0% |
1982-01-01 | 5.9% | 15.0% |
1983-01-01 | 4.3% | 15.2% |
1984-01-01 | 1.6% | 14.4% |
1985-01-01 | 0.1% | 14.0% |
1986-01-01 | -1.1% | 13.6% |
1987-01-01 | 13.4% | |
1988-01-01 | 13.0% | |
1989-01-01 | 12.8% | |
1990-01-01 | 13.5% | |
1991-01-01 | 14.2% | |
1992-01-01 | 14.8% | |
1993-01-01 | 15.1% | |
1994-01-01 | 14.5% | |
1995-01-01 | 13.8% | |
1996-01-01 | 13.7% | |
1997-01-01 | 13.3% | |
1998-01-01 | 12.7% | |
1999-01-01 | 11.9% | |
2000-01-01 | 11.3% | |
2001-01-01 | 11.7% | |
2002-01-01 | 12.1% | |
2003-01-01 | 12.5% | |
2004-01-01 | 12.7% | |
2005-01-01 | 12.6% | |
2006-01-01 | 12.3% | |
2007-01-01 | 12.5% | |
2008-01-01 | 13.2% | |
2009-01-01 | 14.3% | |
2010-01-01 | 15.1% | |
2011-01-01 | 15.0% | |
2012-01-01 | 15.0% | |
2013-01-01 | 14.5% |
* Simulated poverty rate is based on a model of the statistical relationship between growth in per capita GDP and poverty that prevailed between 1959 and 1973.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement Historical Poverty Tables (Tables 2 and 4), Bureau of Economic Analysis National Income Product Accounts public data, and Danziger and Gottschalk (1995)