Economic Hardship (Below 200% FPL) by Race/Ethnicity

(Please use a modern browser to see the interactive version of this visualization)

Universe includes all people for whom poverty is determined. Data represent a 2017 through 2021 average.We defined economic hardship as those with family incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The federal poverty threshold in 2021 for a family of four with two children was about $26,500 (thus, 200 percent of the federal poverty threshold was about $53,000). Poverty Guidelines provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, see here for further details: https://aspe.hhs.gov/2021-poverty-guidelines.

Source: USC Equity Research Institute analysis of 2021 5-year American Community Survey microdata from IPUMS USA.Get the dataEmbed Download imageCreated with Datawrapper