Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018

U.S. Census. September 2019. The Census Bureau released their annual report that presents data on the state of poverty throughout the country. Refundable tax credits like the EITC and CTC lifted 7.9 million people out of poverty and reduced the severity of poverty for tens of millions more.

https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-266.html#targetText=Poverty%3A,from%2012.3%20percent%20in%202017.