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, ...

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 ...

In most of the United States, an individual with an annual income of $12,760 or less is classified as living below the poverty line. Though the share of the population living on such low incomes has ...

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard ...

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 ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

Low-income families often aren't able to take control of their health, despite the fact that many of them have health ...

Women living below the federal poverty level are being disproportionately affected by tightening antiabortion regulations, particularly as clinics across the country have been closing in recent years.

Students engaged with simulated real-life scenarios designed to illustrate the daily struggles faced by individuals living in poverty. Over 100 middle and high school students from across New Jersey ...