The poverty rate in the United States increased to 15.1 percent last year, up from 14.3 percent in 2009, according to new information released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday. 

The numbers show that 46.2 million people are living in poverty in the United States, including 2.6 million added since 2009. That’s the highest number of people in poverty in the U.S. in 52 years, and represents the highest poverty rate since 1993, the bureau reported.

Median household income dipped to $49,400 last year — a 2.3 percent drop. Groups that saw no statistical change in poverty rate last year included Asians and people aged 65 and older. 

Click through a slideshow from the Census Bureau that details poverty levels, insurance levels and income levels by race and gender. 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 1961 to 2011.