Poverty rate Black families single father U.S. 2022

In 2022, 15.6 percent of Black families with a single father were living below the poverty line in the United States.
Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter.

Poverty rate of Black family households with a single father in the United States from 1990 to 2022

Characteristic	Poverty rate
2022	15.6%
2021	16%
2020	18.8%
2019	17.2%
2018	19.8%
2017	18.5%
2016	20.4%
2015	23.5%
2014	23.9%
2013	18.8%
2012	25.2%
2011	24.4%
2010	25.7%
2009	25%
2008	19.9%
2007	25.7%
2006	20.4%
2005	21.1%
2004	20.8%
2003	24.5%
2002	20.9%
2001	19.4%
2000	16.3%
1999	14.8%
1998	20.3%
1997	19.7%
1996	19.8%
1995	19.5%
1994	30.1%
1993	29.6%
1992	24.8%
1991	21.9%
1990	20.6%

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Male householder, no wife present - with and without children under 18 years.

The Census Bureau defines a family as follows: "A family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family."

Black only - with and without children under 18 years - Male householder, no spouse present.

Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter.
Further information regarding the poverty threshold can be accessed here.

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