In 2022, around five percent of married-couple families in the United States lived below the national poverty level. This is a slight increase from the previous year, when 4.8 percent of married-couple families lived below the national poverty level.
Poverty rate of married-couple families in the United States who live below the poverty line from 1990 to 2022
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US Census Bureau. (September 13, 2023). Poverty rate of married-couple families in the United States who live below the poverty line from 1990 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Poverty rate of married-couple families in the United States who live below the poverty line from 1990 to 2022." Chart. September 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2023). Poverty rate of married-couple families in the United States who live below the poverty line from 1990 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Poverty Rate of Married-couple Families in The United States Who Live below The Poverty Line from 1990 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau, Poverty rate of married-couple families in the United States who live below the poverty line from 1990 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/ (last visited April 23, 2024)
Poverty rate of married-couple families in the United States who live below the poverty line from 1990 to 2022 [Graph], US Census Bureau, September 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/204962/percentage-of-poor-married-couple-families-in-the-us/