Median household income was $68,700 in 2019, up 6.8% from the prior year and the highest figure on record. The poverty rate was 10.5%, a drop of 1.3 percentage points from the year before and its lowest level since 1959, the first year it was tracked.

Median household income was $68,700 in 2019, up 6.8% from the prior year and the highest figure on record.

The poverty rate was 10.5%, a drop of 1.3 percentage points from the year before and its lowest level since 1959, the first year it was tracked. https://t.co/Z3dLZkVx7u

— Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) September 15, 2020