Original title: the official poverty rate of the United States in 2020 rose for the first time in five years, and the income of Asian Americans fell seriously
Beijing, September 15 (Xinhua) according to the comprehensive report, according to the data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on the 14th local time, the official poverty rate in the United States increased from 10.5% in 2019 to 11.4% in 2020, which was the first increase after five consecutive years of decline. This means that there were 3.3 million new poor people in the United States last year, with a total of 37.2 million people below the federal poverty line.
It is reported that the data also show that after price adjustment in 2020, the poverty line standard of a family of four is less than US $26496.
The data also revealed the impact of COVID-19 outbreaks on American incomes. In 2020, the median household income in the United States was $67500, down 2.9% from 2019. In 2019, that is, before the epidemic hit the U.S. economy, the median household income adjusted for inflation hit the highest record since 1967.
In terms of ethnicity, the median income of Asian families fell by 4.5% in 2020, and the income fell seriously. Non Hispanic whites fell by 2.7%, Hispanics fell by 2.6%, and the income of African Americans did not change significantly.