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, ...

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

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

America’s poverty level — despite the country’s enormous wealth, vast resources and human talent — is one of the highest among developed countries. Dozens of OECD countries have substantially lower ...

Low-income families often aren't able to take control of their health, despite the fact that many of them have health ...

Students engaged with simulated real-life scenarios designed to illustrate the daily struggles faced by individuals living in poverty. Over 100 middle and high school students from across New Jersey ...