ABSTRACT
Poverty in the United States reflects larger societal inequalities, based on race, ethnicity, nativity, age, gender, disability status, and family structure. Figure 23.1 summarizes these trends, using 2011 data from the Current Population Survey (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012). While women are only slightly more likely to be poor than men, more than one quarter of Blacks and Hispanics are poor, as compared to less than 10% of Whites and 12% of Asians. By nativity and citizenship status, foreignborn citizens have the lowest rates of poverty, followed by native-born citizens and foreign-born immigrants. Poverty varies a great deal by age, with children most likely to experience poverty. Families with children headed by single mothers experience the highest levels of poverty, compared to single-father families and families headed by two parents. Poverty also varies by disability status. Poverty status for groups in the United States, 2011 <italic>Source</italic>: U.S. <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref852">Census Bureau, 2012</xref>. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315755519/41d2fd50-9eb0-466b-878e-42f640c9a77f/content/fig1_9_OC.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
