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United States Poverty Rate 1970s

Name: United States Poverty Rate 1970s
Creator: World Bank
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Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15/day · World Bank

0.74% decade average (1970-1979)

United States's poverty rate during the 1970s ranged from 0.50% (1977) to 1.00% (1970), averaging 0.74% over 10 years of data.

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1970s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1970	1.00%	+0.30pp	3rd
1971	1.00%	+0.00pp	2nd
1972	0.70%	−0.30pp	2nd
1973	0.70%	+0.00pp	2nd
1974	0.70%	+0.00pp	2nd
1975	0.70%	+0.00pp	4th
1976	0.70%	+0.00pp	2nd
1977	0.50%	−0.20pp	3rd
1978	0.70%	+0.20pp	3rd
1979	0.70%	+0.00pp	6th