Poverty Line In America 2024. The official poverty rate in 2022 was 11.5 percent, with 37.9 million people in poverty. The march 2024 global poverty update from the world bank revises previously published poverty and inequality estimates and reports global estimates of poverty up to 2022,.
The national poverty rate was 12.8% in 2021, but was significantly different for the nationโs oldest and youngest populations, according to a new census bureau report. Census bureau data โ the latest available โ 11.6% of americans live at or below the poverty line.