Population living in slums in United States of America
United States of America: Population living in slums was 0.1% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Population living in slums in United States of America, 2000–2022
Source: Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Measured in % of urban population.
Analysis
In 2022, population living in slums in United States of America stood at 0.1%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.9% on the previous year and down 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population living in slums in United States of America peaked at 0.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2022.
United States of America ranks 147th of 174 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Population living in slums in United States of America, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -37.9% |
United States of America compared with similar countries
- United States of America's 0.1% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%, 82% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 144 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.2% compare
- 145 British Virgin Islands 0.1% compare
- 146 United Arab Emirates 0.1% compare
- 148 Bermuda 0.1% compare
- 149 Slovakia 0.1% compare
- 150 Portugal 0.1% compare
More poverty & inequality data for United States of America
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 8,414 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 24.85 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 24.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population living in slums in United States of America?
- Population living in slums in United States of America was 0.1% in 2022, according to Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- What is the highest population living in slums recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest population living in slums recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2022.
- How does United States of America rank for population living in slums?
- United States of America ranks 147th out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
- Is population living in slums rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from Urban Indicators Database, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), published as part of Population living in slums (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.