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United States Poverty Rate 1990s

Name: United States Poverty Rate 1990s
Creator: World Bank
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Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15/day · World Bank

0.64% decade average (1990-1999)

United States's poverty rate during the 1990s ranged from 0.50% (1990) to 0.70% (1993), averaging 0.64% over 10 years of data.

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1990s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1990	0.50%	+0.00pp	5th
1991	0.50%	+0.00pp	7th
1992	0.50%	+0.00pp	12th
1993	0.70%	+0.20pp	9th
1994	0.70%	+0.00pp	7th
1995	0.70%	+0.00pp	14th
1996	0.70%	+0.00pp	10th
1997	0.70%	+0.00pp	13th
1998	0.70%	+0.00pp	12th
1999	0.70%	+0.00pp	13th