In 2023, 5.2 percent of married-couple Asian families were living below the poverty level 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.
Percentage of Asian married-couple families living below the poverty line in the Untied States from 2002 to 2023
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."
Asian only - with and without children under 18 years.
Further information regarding the poverty threshold can be accessed here.
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US Census Bureau. (September 16, 2024). Percentage of Asian married-couple families living below the poverty line in the Untied States from 2002 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/205132/percentage-of-poor-asian-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of Asian married-couple families living below the poverty line in the Untied States from 2002 to 2023." Chart. September 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205132/percentage-of-poor-asian-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. (2024). Percentage of Asian married-couple families living below the poverty line in the Untied States from 2002 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205132/percentage-of-poor-asian-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau. "Percentage of Asian Married-couple Families Living below The Poverty Line in The Untied States from 2002 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205132/percentage-of-poor-asian-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
US Census Bureau, Percentage of Asian married-couple families living below the poverty line in the Untied States from 2002 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205132/percentage-of-poor-asian-married-couple-families-in-the-us/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Percentage of Asian married-couple families living below the poverty line in the Untied States from 2002 to 2023 [Graph], US Census Bureau, September 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/205132/percentage-of-poor-asian-married-couple-families-in-the-us/
