Seventy-one percent of all poor people in the United States are African Americans.

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This statement is false. According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2019, 18.8 percent of African Americans were living below the poverty line, while 7.3 percent of non-Hispanic whites were living below the poverty line. Therefore, while African Americans are overrepresented among the impoverished population in the United States, they do not make up 71 percent of all poor people.

Seventy-One Percent of All Poor People in the United States