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In 2022, about 20.82 million women and 17.1 million men were living below the poverty line in the United States. The number of women living below the poverty line has always exceeded the number of men. Poverty numbers peaked in 2014, and declined until the year of the Number of people living below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by gender (in millions)
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US Census Bureau. (September 12, 2023). Number of people living below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by gender (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/233145/number-of-people-living-below-the-poverty-in-the-us-by-gender/
US Census Bureau. "Number of people living below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by gender (in millions)." Chart. September 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/233145/number-of-people-living-below-the-poverty-in-the-us-by-gender/
US Census Bureau. (2023). Number of people living below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by gender (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/233145/number-of-people-living-below-the-poverty-in-the-us-by-gender/
US Census Bureau. "Number of People Living below The Poverty Line in The United States from 1990 to 2022, by Gender (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/233145/number-of-people-living-below-the-poverty-in-the-us-by-gender/
US Census Bureau, Number of people living below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by gender (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/233145/number-of-people-living-below-the-poverty-in-the-us-by-gender/ (last visited May 02, 2024)
Number of people living below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2022, by gender (in millions) [Graph], US Census Bureau, September 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/233145/number-of-people-living-below-the-poverty-in-the-us-by-gender/