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title: "Appendix B: Trends in Poverty Rates"
description: "![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/01/2012-nsl-economy-17.png)"
date: "2012-01-26"
authors:
  - name: "Paul Taylor"
    job_title: "Former Author of The Next America and the former Vice President of Pew Research Center"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/paul-taylor/"
  - name: "Mark Hugo Lopez"
    job_title: "Director, Race and Ethnicity Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/mark-hugo-lopez/"
  - name: "Gabriel Velasco"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
  - name: "Seth Motel"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/seth-motel/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2012/01/26/appendix-b-trends-in-poverty-rates/"
---

# Appendix B: Trends in Poverty Rates

![](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/01/2012-nsl-economy-17.png)

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