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Households in/near Poverty

Nearly one-third of Lincoln’s households are in or near poverty
Households with incomes at or below 200% the federal poverty level are sometimes referred to as households “in or near poverty.”2

  • In 2023, households with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level comprised 31% of Lincoln’s households, a decrease from a high of 35% of households in 2013.
Notes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-year estimates, Table C17002.

Footnotes
  1. Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality. (2018, July 1). Will You Count? Households with Low Incomes in the 2020 Census. The Leadership Conference Education Fund.