Federal officials have released a new report on national poverty statistics which shows how many people are living in or near ...

Poorest States in the US in 2023. Today we look at the top 10 states with the highest poverty rates in America for 2023.

New census data show how poverty in America looked before the Trump administration’s megabill made historic cuts to Medicaid ...

Poverty is down in Kentucky, new federal data shows, though the percent of Kentuckians living in poverty exceeds the national ...

We learned Tuesday that a record number of Americans are living in poverty, and that the poverty rate--15.1 percent--rose for the fourth straight year. But those raw numbers leave out some key details ...

Children born into poverty are far more likely to remain poor in adulthood in the United States than in other wealthy countries. Why? The stickiness of poverty in the U.S. challenges the self-image of ...

Philadelphia has shed its label as the "poorest big city in America." Why it matters: The city's decadeslong fight against ...

Reverend Dr. William Barber II speaks to marchers during the Mass Poor People's & Low-Wage Workers' Assembly on June 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. Credit - Jemal Countess/Getty Images But the reality of ...

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reports that poverty in Latin America fell to a historic low of 27.3% in 2023. This marks a 1.5% decrease from 2022 and a 5% decline ...