Article posted Thursday, January 23, 2014 9:59am

50

Years since President Lyndon Johnson declared an “all-out war on human poverty and unemployment in these United States.”

4

Percent decline in poverty, from 19 percent in 1964 to 15 in 2012, according to Census Bureau data.

57

Percent of poor Americans between 18 and 64-years-old in 2012, versus just 41.7 percent in 1959.

9.1

Percent of Americans more than 65 years old who were poor in 2012. In 1966, 28.5 percent were.

27.3

Percent of children below the age of 18 who were impoverished in 1959. In 2010 that number was about 22 percent.

45.9

Percent of poor Americans who lived in the South in 1969. In 2012, the South was home to 41.1 percent of America’s poor, but only 37.3 percent of the population.

19

Percent of poor Americans who lived in the Midwest in 2012.

27.2

Poverty rate among African-Americans – double the rate among whites.

Source: Pew Research Center, The University of Michigan’s National Poverty Center