working poor

social class of working people whose incomes fall below a poverty line due to low-income jobs and low familial household income
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working poor

Summary

working poor is a social class[1]. It draws 434 Wikipedia views per month (social_class category, ranking #61 of 121).[2]

Key Facts

  • working poor's instance of is recorded as social class[3].
  • working poor is a type of people in poverty[4].

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Definition and Type

working poor's instance of is recorded as social class[3]. It is a type of people in poverty[4].

Why It Matters

working poor draws 434 Wikipedia views per month (social_class category, ranking #61 of 121).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → working-poor
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: working-poor, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289969121|working poor (#289969121)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 11w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → social class
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P459]]: [[Q1266546]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260983|batch #260983]]"
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