Poverty Rates in the United States, 1960–2011 Poverty fell rapidly between 1960 and 1975 but has remained roughly stable ever since.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-243, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States: 2011 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 2012.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-243, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States: 2011 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 2012.
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