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. 2021 May 17;9:661592. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.661592

Table 1.

Poor and near poor older adults by race and ethnicity, US 2019.

<99% FPL 100–199% FPL 200+ FPL
Black*
   18–64 22.2 18.8 59.0
   65+ 20.6 22.5 56.8
Latinx
   18–64 16.0 21.8 62.2
   65+ 18.9 23.4 57.7
Asian*
   18–64 11.3 10.9 77.9
   65+ 13.6 14.8 71.5
AI/AN
   18–64 24.6 19.5 55.9
   65+ 18.3 24.4 57.3
White*
   18–64 11.4 11.3 77.3
   65+ 9.5 15.3 75.2
*

non-Latinx, Latinx is any race;

AI/AN (American Indian/Alaska Native) is any mention. All age differences within race/ethnicity are statistically different at p < 0.05 and all differences from Whites by age are statistically different at p < 0.05 except for Asians ages 18–64 <99% FPL.

Source: US Census, American Community Survey 2019 via IPUMS (13).