U.S. Poverty: By the Numbers

U.S. Poverty: By the Numbers Children by family income, 2011 Above low-income 55% Less than 10O% FPL 22% 100-199% FPL 22% Percentage. may not odd to 100 due to rounding. Low-income 45% C' National Center for Children in Poverty (www.nocp.org) Basic Fact About Low-income Children: Children Under 18 Years, 2011 U.S. poverty (less than $17,916 for a family of three): 46.2 million people, 15.1 percent > Children in poverty: 16.1 million, 22 percent of all children, including 39 percent of African-American children and 34 percent of Latino children. Poorest age group in country. > Deep poverty (less than $11,510 for a family of four): 20.4 million people,u in 15 Americans, including more than 15 million women and children > People who would have been in poverty if not for Social Security, 2011: 67.6 million (program kept 21.4 million people out of poverty) Page I 1 of 2 EFTA01143201 > People in the U.S. experiencing poverty by age 65: Roughly half > Gender gap, 2011: Women 34 percent more likely to be poor than men > Gender gap, 2010: Women 29 percent more likely to be poor than men > Twice the poverty level (less than $46,042 for a family of four): 106 million people, more than 1 in 3 Americans > Jobs in the U.S. paying less than $34,000 a year: 5o percent > Jobs in the U.S. paying below the poverty line for a family of four, less than $23,000 annually: 25 percent > Poverty-level wages, 2011: 28 percent of workers > Percentage of individuals and family members in poverty who either worked or lived with a working family member, 2011: 57 percent > Families receiving cash assistance, 1996: 6 8 for every 100 families living in poverty > Families receiving cash assistance, 2010: 27 for every 100 families living in poverty > Impact of public policy, 2010: Without government assistance, poverty would have been twice as high — nearly 3o percent of population > Percentage of entitlement benefits going to elderly, disabled or working households: Over 90 percent. > Number of homeless children in U.S. public schools: 1,065,794 > Annual cost of child poverty nationwide: $550 billion > Federal expenditures on home ownership mortgage deductions, 2012: $131 billion > Federal funding for low-income housing assistance programs, 2012: Less than $50 billion Page I 2 of 2 EFTA01143202