- The official poverty rate in the US for 2022 was 11.5% with 37.9 million individuals considered below the poverty line. The rate nor the number did not have any statistically significant difference with that of 2021.
- Black individuals experienced the lowest recorded decrease of poverty rate between 2021 and 2022.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2023/demo/p60-280.html