Demography Roundup #4
The U.S. poverty rate spikes + new stats on Americans' desired family size and maiden name trends.
#1: The U.S. poverty rate spikes after two years of decline.
The poverty rate soared last year as the last of pandemic relief programs ended, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The share of Americans in poverty rose from 7.8% in 2021 to 12.4% in 2022, the largest annual increase on record. Child poverty more than doubled,…