The idea that a family earning six figures could still feel poor sounds absurd until you start tallying rent, child care, ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

Last year, 11.6% of people in the U.S. lived below the federal poverty level, a number that has ticked up in recent years, according to the Census Bureau. Experts say those numbers may be even higher ...

California has the highest poverty rate in the US, a Census Bureau report shows. The District of Columbia was the only location with a higher rate of poverty than California. Despite this, ...

Learn how the poverty gap measures poverty's intensity through income shortfalls from the poverty line, and explore its ...

Discover how the International Poverty Line defines global poverty, its critique, and impacts. Learn about its uses and how it differs from the Federal Poverty Level.

Poverty has declined from around 26 percent in the 1960s to around 16 percent in 2012. But the range of change has been relatively flat since 2000, and a closer look at the numbers reveals a ...

Poverty can have long-lasting effects on stress, affecting mental and physical health, researchers suggest. (Getty Images) Teens who have lived in poverty experience physical signs of stress at higher ...

People walking in the streets of inner city North Philadelphia. The county this city is located in has the highest poverty rate in the state. This time around, we’re looking at the counties in all 50 ...

In most of the United States, an individual with an annual income of $12,760 or less is classified as living below the poverty line. Though the share of the population living on such low incomes has ...