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====Racial minorities==== A minority group is defined as "a category of people who experience relative disadvantage as compared to members of a dominant social group."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html |title=U.S. Poverty Statistics |website=federalsafetynet.com |access-date=10 April 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044424/http://federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Minorities are traditionally separated into the following groups: African Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html|title=U.S. Poverty Statistics|website=federalsafteynet.com|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-date=8 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044424/http://federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to US Poverty statistics, Black Americans β 21%, Foreign born non-citizens β 19%, Hispanic Americans β 18%, and adults with a disability β 25%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html|title=U.S Poverty Stats|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-date=8 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044424/http://federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> This does not include all minority groups, but these groups alone account for 85% of people under the poverty line in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html|title=U.S. Poverty Statistics|website=federalfasteynet.com|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-date=8 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308044424/http://federalsafetynet.com/us-poverty-statistics.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Whites have a poverty rate of 8.7%; the poverty rate is more than double for Black and Hispanic Americans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/united-states-population/|title=United States Population|website=worldpopulationreveiw.com|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>
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