Thread by @realLizUSA

"Incomes Hit a Record High and Poverty Reached a Record Low in 2019

"Minority groups—including black, Hispanic and Asian Americans—experienced the largest gains."

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"Real median household income increased by $4,400 in 2019, reaching an all-time record high of $68,700.

"This represents a 6.8 percent one-year increase, which is the largest one-year increase in median income on record."

"As incomes grew, income inequality fell for the second consecutive year.

"The rise in income was driven by an increase in the number of workers, especially women.

"There were 2.2 million more people working at some point in 2019 compared with 2018"

"The official poverty rate fell to an all-time record low of 10.5 percent in 2019.

"Over 4 million people were lifted out of poverty between 2018 and 2019.

"This was the largest reduction in poverty in over 50 years."

"Minority groups led the way in poverty alleviation

"Black poverty fell by 2.0 percentage points

"Hispanic poverty fell by 1.8 percentage points

"Asian poverty fell by 2.8 percentage points

"The poverty rate fell to an all-time record low for every race &ethnic group in 2019"

"The reduction in poverty during the Trump Administration is unprecedented.

"Between 2016 and 2019, 6.6 million people were lifted out of poverty, the largest 3-year reduction to start *any* presidency since the initial drop that began the War on Poverty in 1964."

"The 1.2 million black Americans lifted out of poverty since 2016 is also the largest reduction on record—spanning over 50 years—for the first 3 years of any President’s administration."

"The Census Bureau’s [data] for 2019 show what’s possible under the Trump Administration’s pro-growth policies."

No pandemic from communist China can change the fundamentals of the greatest economy ever known

And we know w/President @realDonaldTrump, the best is yet to come! 🇺🇸