Historic Poverty Trends:
Poverty Rates & Number of Persons
Living Below The Poverty Line
for All Persons

United States

Year = 1959 -- 1999

Chart & Data Compiled by Russ Long (January 2003)

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey.
Poverty and Health Statistics Branch/HHES Division
U. S. Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce
September 20, 2000