Published: January 4, 2014

Mapping Poverty in America

Data from the Census Bureau show where the poor live. January 4, 2014

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Percentage below
the poverty line
Number living
in poverty
Pct. below the poverty line
0
10
20
30
40%
Circles are sized by number of
people below the poverty line
Poverty Thresholds in 2012
$23,283
Family of four
$11,945
Indivdual under 65
By MATTHEW BLOCH, MATTHEW ERICSON and TOM GIRATIKANON Sources: Census tract-level data from the 2008-12 American Community Survey, County-level data from the 2012 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE); socialexplorer.com.