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Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Compared to Prior Value

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Families Living Below 200% of Poverty Level

State: Missouri
Measurement Period: 2023
This indicator shows the percentage of families living below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Numerator = Total estimate of families with income below 200 percent of poverty level.
Denominator = Total estimate of families.

Why is this important?

Federal poverty thresholds are set every year by the Census Bureau and vary by size of family and ages of family members. A high poverty rate is both a cause and a consequence of poor economic conditions. A high poverty rate indicates that local employment opportunities are not sufficient to provide for the local community. Through decreased buying power and decreased taxes, poverty is associated with lower quality schools and decreased business survival.
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State: Missouri

22.4%
Source: American Community Survey 1-Year
Measurement period: 2023
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: November 2024
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Compared to U.S. States, Missouri has a value of 22.4% which is in the 2nd worst quartile of states. States in the best 50% have a value lower than 21.2% while states in the worst 25% have a value higher than 23.9%.
U.S. States
Compared to the US Value (22.3%), Missouri has a value of 22.4% which is higher and worse.
US Value
(22.3%)
Compared to the prior value, Missouri (22.4%) is less and better than the previously measured value (23.1%).
Prior Value
(23.1%)
Over time, the Missouri value is decreasing, significantly.
Trend
Technical note: The U.S. Census Bureau calculates 90% confidence intervals for American Community Survey estimates. Use caution when interpreting values with wide confidence intervals. Confidence intervals that are farther away from estimates in either direction indicate uncertainty due to small survey sample sizes. There were data collection issues in 2020 that severely affected the ACS data quality of that year. Therefore, data are not available for the 2020 period.
More details:
Data for this indicator can be found in table S1702 on data.census.gov.
 
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Filed under: Economy / Poverty, Economy, Social Determinants of Health

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