The poverty rate is the lowest in history.
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The Dan Bongino ShowOct 19, 2026
The official Census poverty rate (10.2% in 2025) was the lowest on record since 1959, so the claim holds under that standard measure as of the 2026-10-19 post date. Under the Supplemental Poverty Measure (13.1% in 2025, versus a 7.7% low in 2021), the rate is not at an all-time low, so the claim fails on that measure.
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… The border effectively shut down, closed, no illegal migrants admitted into the country for, what is it now, twelve plus months. Crime plunging to all time lows, even in blue cities. Median household income going up, poverty rate in all time low. Please don't stop the momentum for a group of sham Alyssa Slatkin impeachments and investigations against you too, folks. I know they're coming for me, okay? I know they're coming for me and Cash and everyone else. I knew what I was signing up for. …
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Contradicts. On the Supplemental Poverty Measure, the 2025 rate of 13.1% was not a record low; the measure hit 7.7% in 2021, so the all-time-low claim fails under that measure.[1][2][3]
Supports. The Census Bureau's September 2026 report put the official 2025 poverty rate at 10.2%, the lowest since tracking began in 1959, and the decline was the second consecutive annual drop.[2][3][4]
Context. Fact-checkers rated the claim as correct for the official measure but misleading as an unqualified statement about poverty overall, since the SPM is widely regarded as more comprehensive.[1][3]
Sources
4 sources: 4 fact-checkers
- 1Trump claims US poverty is its lowest in history, missing ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, context
- 2Is official US poverty rate at all-time historical low, as Trump claimed?snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3FactChecking Claims from Trump’s Midterm Ralliesfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 4US poverty rate dips to lowest on record, Census Bureau saysreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
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