Figure 3.1 Percent below poverty line, all races, US
1959 |
22.4 |
1960 |
22.2 |
1961 |
21.9 |
1962 |
21.0 |
1963 |
19.5 |
1964 |
19.0 |
1965 |
17.3 |
1966 |
14.7 |
1967 |
14.2 |
1968 |
12.8 |
1969 |
12.1 |
1970 |
12.6 |
1871 |
12.5 |
1972 |
11.9 |
1973 |
11.1 |
1974 |
11.2 |
1975 |
12.3 |
1976 |
11.8 |
1977 |
11.6 |
1978 |
11.4 |
1979 |
11.7 |
1980 |
13.0 |
1981 |
14.0 |
1982 |
15.0 |
1983 |
15.2 |
1984 |
14.4 |
1985 |
14.0 |
1986 |
13.6 |
1987 |
13.4 |
1988 |
13.0 |
1989 |
12.8 |
1990 |
13.5 |
1991 |
14.2 |
1992 |
14.8 |
1993 |
15.1 |
1994 |
14.5 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997
(Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997), p. 472.
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