• Poverty and race

The US Census declared that in 2007 12.5% of all people, ^[17] including

- 8.2% white people ^[22]
- 24.7% black people ^[25]
- 21.5% all Hispanic people of any race, ^[26] lived in poverty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#Poverty_and_demographics

• U.S. Census Bureau Poverty in the United States

• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement