usa world poverty rate
Poverty in the United States. The official poverty measure is published by the United States Census Bureau and shows that: In 2015 there were 43.1 million people in poverty, 3.5 million less than in 2014. (Proctor 2016, p. 12-14) The official poverty rate in 2015 was 13.5 percent, down 1.2 percentage points from 14.8 percent in 2014.