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What percentage of American households receive cash public assistance?

2.4% of American households receive cash public assistance — about 2 in every 100, or 0 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

Where this number comes from

Survey

American Community Survey

What it measured

American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2023 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) → Total households → With cash public assistance income”.

Population

U.S. households

Year

2023

90% confidence interval

2.3% to 2.5%

Work of the U.S. federal government - public domain. See the source data

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