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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){.align}"
"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://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/paul-taylor/"
  -
    "name": "Mark Hugo Lopez"
    "job_title": "Director, Race and Ethnicity Research"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/mark-hugo-lopez/"
  -
    "name": "Gabriel Velasco"
    "job_title": "Guest Contributor"
  -
    "name": "Seth Motel"
    "job_title": "Former Research Analyst"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/seth-motel/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/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){.align}

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