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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the proportion of people living in poverty — SDOH‑01 Data

Most Recent Data:
11.1 percent (2023)

Target:
8.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
11.8 percent of persons were living below the poverty threshold in 2018

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Persons living in poverty, 2018-2023
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total
11.8
CI 11.5 / 12.1
SE 0.149
10.5
CI 10.2 / 10.8
SE 0.149
11.5
CI 11.1 / 11.8
SE 0.167
11.6
CI 11.2 / 11.9
SE 0.168
11.5
CI 11.1 / 11.9
SE 0.184
11.1
CI 10.8 / 11.4
SE 0.165