Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

How much does an American family of four need to earn to avoid poverty? According to the Census Bureau, $32,130. But what if ...

The current poverty level – inflation adjusted from that 1963 base – is $31,200 for a family of four. I think we can all ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

A wealth manager wrote that $140,000 a year means poverty in today's America, sparking controversy. He's wrong, but he made a ...

Last year, 11.6% of people in the U.S. lived below the federal poverty level, a number that has ticked up in recent years, according to the Census Bureau. Experts say those numbers may be even higher ...

California has the highest poverty rate in the US, a Census Bureau report shows. The District of Columbia was the only location with a higher rate of poverty than California. Despite this, ...

America’s poverty level — despite the country’s enormous wealth, vast resources and human talent — is one of the highest among developed countries. Dozens of OECD countries have substantially lower ...

President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, center left, leave the home in Inez, Ky., of Tom Fletcher, a father of eight who told Johnson he’d been out of work for nearly two years, in this ...

The new child poverty strategy promises the biggest fall in child poverty in decades. Will it also deliver better health for ...

People walking in the streets of inner city North Philadelphia. The county this city is located in has the highest poverty rate in the state. This time around, we’re looking at the counties in all 50 ...