FIGURE 5 POVERTY RATES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1960–2014
imagePoverty fell rapidly between 1960 and 1975, but has remained roughly stable ever since.
Data from U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-252, Income and Poverty in the United States: 2014 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office), 2015.
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