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Joint Economic Committee Democrats
Poverty Charts
Chart 3.3
Last updated 9/5/06
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The poverty rates for blacks and Hispanics are significantly higher than the rate for whites. In 2005, the poverty rate was 24.7 percent for blacks, 21.8 percent for Hispanics, and 8.3 percent for whites.
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Both blacks and Hispanics experienced a sharp decline in poverty during the expansion of the 1990s.
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Poverty rates for all three groups have risen since 2000, with the black rate rising the most (2.2 percentage points) and the Hispanic rate rising the least (0.3 percentage point). The white poverty rate increased by 0.9 percentage point.
Note: Click here for more information about how poverty is measured.
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