美国家庭收入中位数也达到创纪录的87460美元，但通胀抵消了增长成果，消费者信心仍处于负面区间
2026年9月17日 美国东部时间下午3:44 / 福克斯新闻
作者：罗伯特·施马德
特朗普的经济主张面临中期选举重大考验
“为美国而行动”联合主席珍妮尔·金剖析了最近的一项福克斯新闻民调，该民调显示选民普遍对经济状况不满。金解释称，尽管特朗普总统将“特朗普账户”作为长期利好政策，但选民正感受到眼前的经济压力。她还对左翼极端势力在中西部关键初选势头抬头表示担忧，指出选民投票正转向情绪化倾向。
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根据美国人口普查局的最新数据，美国人可能并未在钱包上切实感受到这一点，但2025年两项衡量经济福祉的关键指标均有所改善：美国贫困率降至历史低点，经通胀调整的美国家庭收入中位数创下历史新高。
根据人口普查局的数据，2025年美国贫困率降至10.2%的历史最低水平，较2024年下降约0.5个百分点。然而，尽管生活在贫困条件下的人口比例有所下降，但在2025年全年，告诉福克斯新闻民调人员自己个人财务状况正在恶化或没有改善的受访者比例一直稳定在85%左右。
许多人将唐纳德·特朗普总统的不受欢迎度——一些保守派人士担心这可能会让共和党在11月失去国会控制权——归咎于他的经济政策。在共和党不受欢迎、消费者持悲观态度的背景下，即使是德克萨斯州、俄亥俄州和阿拉斯加州等通常坚定支持共和党的州，也很可能会将民主党人选入参议院。
福克斯新闻民调：多数人对经济评价负面，包括一半共和党人
2025年8月7日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿白宫椭圆形办公室展示家庭收入图表。（尤里·格里帕斯/阿巴卡/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
人口普查局根据特定家庭的人口数量和收入来界定贫困标准。例如，一个有两名成年人和两名子女的家庭，若年收入低于32649美元，即被视为处于贫困状态。随着通胀削弱美元价值，贫困线标准也会相应提高。
家庭收入中位数也创下历史新高，2025年增长2.6%，达到87460美元。但这一增长被通胀抵消：2024年至2025年间，美元价值贬值约3%。
有诸多因素可以解释民众对经济的看法与宏观经济指标改善之间的差距。
咨询公司贝克与斯通的合伙人安德鲁·贝克在X平台上写道：“我在华盛顿、纽约、洛杉矶的很多互关好友都在抱怨物价高企。与此同时，我在阿拉巴马州、印第安纳州和佐治亚州认识的人都找到了新工作、拿到了加薪，或是生意在扩张发展。”“这对蓝州的年轻人没什么帮助，但南方各州正蓬勃发展。”
引领美国财富增长的红州，令竞争对手眼睁睁看着数十亿美元流失
2025年3月7日，美国华盛顿特区——唐纳德·特朗普总统在白宫椭圆形办公室就就业报告发表讲话。根据美国劳工统计局的数据，美国经济新增15.1万个就业岗位，失业率小幅升至4.1%。（摄影：安娜·莫尼耶/盖蒂图片社）
南部各州的经济增长一直持续超过美国整体水平，这得益于国内人口迁移和友好的商业环境，吸引大型企业南迁。
特朗普在中东的军事行动推高汽油价格，加上关税导致的物价上涨，同样不受选民欢迎——尽管贫困率下降、收入攀升，这仍损害了总统的支持率。最近一项福克斯新闻民调显示，约三分之二的选民认为特朗普政府让经济状况变得更糟。
被忽视的伊朗战争如何推高食品杂货、亚马逊包裹和新房价格
人口普查局的估算显示，更低的税率、更实惠的住房和人们对负担能力的担忧，推动了许多南部和阳光地带各州的人口增长。（罗伯特·达姆里奇摄影公司/科比斯/盖蒂图片社）
社交媒体上的保守派人士援引人口普查局的数据庆祝胜利。
“贫困是坏事。每个美国人都应该为贫困率降至有记录以来最低而庆祝。大家干得漂亮，”华盛顿州共和党众议员迈克尔·鲍姆加特纳在X平台上写道。“继续保持下去。”
“这是值得所有人庆祝的好消息，”批评总统的内布拉斯加州共和党众议员唐·培根发帖称。
根据人口普查局的数据，没有医疗保险的人口比例也维持在历史低位附近。
然而，左翼部分人士否认贫困率确实出现了下降。
“我们的精英阶层在整个世界横行霸道，而普通美国人却一直在买单。我们斥数万亿美元‘打击’我们自己制造的恐怖主义，为石油大亨掠夺第三世界资源打掩护，” Twitch主播哈桑·皮克尔周四在X平台上写道。“这最终只换来海外更多的死亡，国内更多的贫困。与此同时，军工复合体不断膨胀。没有住房，没有医院，没有学校——只换来这个世界上最富裕国家里无家可归、就业不足和绝望性疾病日益严重的危机。”
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US economy notches remarkable new record, sparking cheers: ‘Good job everyone’
Median household income also reached a record $87,460, but inflation erased the gains as consumer sentiment remains negative
September 17, 2026 3:44pm EDT / Fox News
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Janelle King, co-chair of Let’s Win for America Action, dissects a recent Fox News poll revealing widespread economic dissatisfaction among voters. King explains that while President Trump highlights “Trump accounts” as long-term benefits, voters are feeling immediate financial heat. She also expresses concern over the surging far-left influence in key Midwest primaries, noting a shift towards emotional voting.
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Americans may not feel it in their wallets, but two major measures of economic well-being improved in 2025, as the nation’s poverty rate fell to a historic low and inflation-adjusted median household income reached a record high, according to new Census Bureau data.
In 2025, the poverty rate in the United States dropped to an all-time low of 10.2%, down roughly half a point from 2024, according to the Census Bureau. Even as the proportion of people living in undesirable conditions declines, however, the percentage of people who told Fox News pollsters that their personal financial situation was worsening or not changing held steady at around 85% for the duration of 2025.
Many have attributed President Donald Trump’s unpopularity, which some conservatives fear could cost the GOP control of Congress in November, to his economic policies. Amid Republican unpopularity and consumer pessimism, even states that are usually reliably conservative, like Texas, Ohio and Alaska, could very well send Democrats to the Senate.
FOX NEWS POLL: MOST RATE THE ECONOMY NEGATIVELY, INCLUDING HALF OF REPUBLICANS
President Donald Trump holds a chart on household income in the Oval Office of the White House in Washigton, Aug. 7, 2025.(Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Census Bureau defines poverty depending on the number of people in a given household and their income. A family with two adults and two children, for instance, would need to make less than $32,649 a year to be considered impoverished. The threshold for poverty increases as inflation lowers the value of the dollar.
Median household income also reached an all-time high, growing by 2.6% to $87,460 in 2025. That gain, however, is erased by inflation as the dollar’s value declined by about 3% between 2024 and 2025.
A number of factors could explain the gap between economic perception and improving macroeconomic indicators.
“See a lot of mutuals on here in DC, New York, LA talking about high prices. Meanwhile folks I know in Alabama, Indiana, Georgia getting new jobs, raises, or expanding and growing,” Andrew Beck, a partner at the consulting firm Beck and Stone, wrote on X. “Doesn’t help young folks in the blue states, but the South is booming.”
THE RED STATES CHARGING AHEAD WITH AMERICA’S WEALTH AS RIVALS WATCH BILLIONS SLIP AWAY
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 07: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the Oval Office at the White House on March 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. The U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs, with the unemployment rate rising slightly to 4.1%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Economic growth in Southern states has consistently outpaced that of the United States at large, spurred by internal migration and friendly business environments incentivizing large enterprises to move south.
High gas prices, sparked by the president’s military operations in the Middle East, and price increases attributable to tariffs have also proven unpopular, hurting the president’s approval ratings even as poverty rates dip and incomes climb. Roughly two-thirds of voters in a recent Fox News poll said that they believe the Trump administration is making the economy worse.
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Lower taxes, cheaper housing and affordability concerns have helped fuel population growth across many Southern and Sun Belt states, Census Bureau estimates show.(Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis/Getty Images)
Conservatives on social media have used the Census Bureau’s data to take a victory lap.
“Poverty is bad. Every American should celebrate poverty rates are now the lowest on record. Good job everyone,” Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-WA, wrote on X. “Keep it going.”
“Good news we can all celebrate,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, a critic of the president, posted.
The number of people without health insurance also remained near historic lows, according to the Census Bureau.
Some on the left, however, deny that poverty rates are actually declining.
“Our elites terrorize the entire world while ordinary Americans continue to foot the bill. We spent trillions ‘fighting’ the terror we created to provide cover for our oil barons stealing 3rd World resources,” Twitch streamer Hasan Piker wrote on X Thursday. “It only amounted to more death overseas, more poverty at home. All while the military industrial complex ballooned. No houses, no hospitals, no schools-just a growing crisis of homelessness, underemployment and diseases of despair in the wealthiest country on earth.”
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Even as Americans have gotten wealthier over the past few decades, the price of housing has significantly outpaced wage growth. With personal homeownership holding strong cultural importance to Americans, rising home costs fuel pessimism in ways that improvements in other areas can’t necessarily offset.
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