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7 Figures: Income and poverty in the U.S.
7 Figures: Income and poverty in the U.S.
Nov 5, 2026 11:18 AM

The U.S. Census Bureau released its latest report on e and poverty in the United States today. Here are seven figures from the report you should know about:

1. Real median household e increased 3.2 percent between 2015 and 2016—from $ 57,230 to $59,039. (This figure surpasses the previous high reached in 1999.)

2. Real median es in 2016 for family households ($75,062) and nonfamily households ($35,761) increased 2.7 percent and 4.5 percent, respectively, from their 2015 medians. (This is the second consecutive annual increase in median household e for both types of households.)

3. The real median e of non-Hispanic white was $65,041 (a 2 percent increase), $39,490 for African Americans (a 5.7 percent increase), and $47,675 for Hispanics (a 4.3 percent increase) households increased 2.0 percent, 5.7 percent, and 4.3 percent. In 2016 Asian households had the highest median e—$81,431.

4. Households with the highest median household es were in the Northeast ($64,390) and the West ($64,275), followed by the Midwest ($58,305) and the South ($53,861). The difference between the median household es for the Northeast and West was not statistically significant.

5. The 2016 real median earnings of men ($51,640) and women ($41,554) who worked full- time, year-round were not statistically different from their respective 2015 medians.

6. The poverty rate for families in 2016 was 9.8 percent, representing 8.1 million families, a decline from 10.4 percent and 8.6 million families in 2015.

7. In 2016, 11.3 percent of males were in poverty, down from 12.2 percent in 2015. About 14.0 percent of females were in poverty in 2016, down from 14.8 percent in 2015. For most demographic groups, the number of people in poverty decreased from 2015. Adults age 65 and older were the only major population group to see an increase in the number of people in poverty.

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