US Demographics: Shocking Trends Revealed

[00:00:00]Let's let's let's talk about what these numbers are saying. There are some other relevant numbers and I think 2010 for example, they were tracking median household income. Median household income in 2010 was $38,000.

[00:00:17]In 2023 it's $54,000.

[00:00:20]>> Mhm.

[00:00:21]>> Um >> Direct correlation.

[00:00:23]>> And here's a couple of other numbers that I think of you'll find interesting.

[00:00:27]Percent of births to unmarried black mothers.

[00:00:32]25% in the mid-1960s, 1965. In recent years, which would include 2021 to roughly 2023, about 70%. Official poverty rate.

[00:00:45]1965-66 peak was 41.8%.

[00:00:52]Um 2010 27%.

[00:00:57]And 2023, 17.1%.

[00:01:01]So, the poverty rate went down.

[00:01:05]Unwed mothers went up. Median household income went up a little bit.

[00:01:11]And children living with black parents, two black two parent two parent family households 44%, which is up from its 2010 number.