What even is this?

The Lillest Hobo is trying to eradicate the manmade hell we call poverty. Will you help?

In 2022, the official poverty rate in the U.S. was 11.5%, translating to about 37.9 million people living in poverty.

Child poverty rose sharply in 2022, reaching 12.4%, after the expiration of pandemic-related relief programs.

This figure reflects 9 million children living in poverty, almost double the rate from the previous year.

Women, especially single mothers, are disproportionately affected by poverty. 23% of households headed by single mothers were living in poverty in 2022, compared to 11.4% of single-father households.

In 2022, 8.1% of individuals in the U.S. with full-time jobs still lived in poverty, highlighting the issue of working poverty.

Many low-wage jobs do not provide enough income to lift workers out of poverty.

The South has the highest poverty rate in the U.S., around 12.9%, while the Northeast has the lowest, at 9.3%.

States like Mississippi (nearly 20% poverty rate) and Louisiana (around 19%) have the highest poverty levels.