U.S. Poverty Thresholds and Related Statistics - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Family Economics and Nutrition Review, Wntr, 2001

U.S. Poverty Thresholds and Related Statistics

Poverty Thresholds in 2000, by size of family and number of related
children under 18 years

                                    Related children under 18 years

Size of family unit                    None      One       Two

One person (unrelated individual)
  Under 65 years                      $8,959
  65 years and over                    8,259

Two people
  Householder under 65 years          11,531   $11,869
  Householder 65 years and over       10,409    11,824

Three people                          13,470    13,861   $13,874
Four people                           17,761    18,052    17,463
Five people                           21,419    21,731    21,065
Six people                            24,636    24,734    24,224
Seven people                          28,347    28,524    27,914
Eight people                          31,704    31,984    31,408
Nine people or more                   38,138    38,322    37,813

                                    Related children under 18 years

Size of family unit                    Three     Four      Five

One person (unrelated individual)
  Under 65 years
  65 years and over

Two people
  Householder under 65 years
  Householder 65 years and over

Three people
Four people                           $17,524
Five people                            20,550   $20,236
Six people                             23,736    23,009   $22,579
Seven people                           27,489    26,696    25,772
Eight people                           30,904    30,188    29,279
Nine people or more                    37,385    36,682    35,716

                                    Related children under 18 years

                                                           Eight
Size of family unit                     Six      Seven    or more

One person (unrelated individual)
  Under 65 years
  65 years and over

Two people
  Householder under 65 years
  Householder 65 years and over

Three people
Four people
Five people
Six people
Seven people                          $24,758
Eight people                           28,334   $28,093
Nine people or more                    34,841    34,625   $33,291

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Poverty Rate for Families Over Time

        Percent

1960     18.1
1970     10.1
1980     10.3
1990     10.7
1999      9.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Note: Table made from bar graph.