Title: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Low-Income Families
Abstract: Low-income status in the United States varies significantly by race and ethnicity. Of the more than 13.4 million families with children living on incomes less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, 30 percent are Hispanic, 22 percent are black or African American, and 6 percent are other nonwhites. This fact sheet provides statistics on racial and ethnic differences in family structure, work effort, nativity or immigration status, earnings, and education.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: dataset
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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