Presented by Missouri Community Action Network and Missourians to End

2 • Missourians to End Poverty Measuring Poverty 2020 Poverty Guidelines 50%, 100% or 200% of Poverty? Official Poverty Measure The Poverty Guidelines are determined Sometimes, data refers to “50% of the The official poverty measure was developed by the Department of Health and Human poverty level” or “200% of the poverty level.” in 1963 and is based on the cost of the Services and updated annuall. [...] Poverty in Missouri: A Two-Year Comparison 2018 2017 Number of people ABOVE 200% poverty line Number of people ABOVE 200% poverty line 4,069,945 4,027,915 Percent of people BELOW 200% of poverty line Percent of people BELOW 200% of poverty line 31.5% 32.1% Total Missouri Number of Percent of Percent of Total Missouri Number of Percent of Percent of Population people living in people living in chil. [...] In 2018, the poverty rate for Missouri was 13.2% with a child poverty rate—age 18 and under—of 18.3% and a poverty rate of 19.9% for children under the age of 5. [...] of all people in the Missouri ranks 20th highest in the US for poverty rate US live below the with a statewide poverty rate of 13.2%. [...] US Census Bureau ACS4,5 2018 2017 Asian Number of Percent of Percent of Asian Number of Percent of Percent of Asian population Asians in Asians in Asian children population Asians in Asians in children in 116,993 poverty poverty in poverty 121,521 poverty poverty poverty 10,545 9.0% 3.5% 20,370 16.8% 13.5% Black Number of Percent of Percent Black Number of Percent of Percent population Blacks in B.