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Table 3. Percent of Families in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2008

		Percent Below Poverty Level
		Before taxes
		Money income
	Population Total (thousands)	Excluding capital gains (current measure) Definition 1	Definition 1 less government transfers Definition 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (4) Definition 3	Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income Definition 4
White alone or in combination
All families	65029	8.5	17.2	17.2	16.7
Age of Householder
15 to 24 years	2549	25.2	28.0	28.0	26.8
25 to 44 years	24602	11.5	13.6	13.6	12.9
45 to 54 years	14997	5.9	8.8	8.8	8.3
55 to 64 years	11461	5.4	12.1	12.1	11.8
65 years and over	11420	5.1	38.9	38.9	38.7
Type of Family
Married-couple families	51341	5.1	13.7	13.7	13.3
With related children under 18	22405	7.0	8.7	8.7	8.0
With related children under 6	10397	9.0	10.4	10.4	9.6
Male householder, no wife present	4080	12.5	20.0	20.0	19.5
Female householder, no husband present	9609	25.4	34.8	34.8	33.8
With related children under 18	6249	33.9	40.3	40.3	39.0
With related children under 6	2533	47.1	53.6	53.6	52.3
Region
Northeast	11686	7.0	15.1	15.1	14.5
Midwest	15385	7.4	16.6	16.6	16.2
South	23227	9.2	19.3	19.3	18.9
West	14731	9.8	16.3	16.3	15.8
Educational Attainment
Less than 12th grade, no diploma	7856	24.6	42.5	42.5	41.5
High school graduate, no college	19258	9.7	21.8	21.8	21.2
College: Less than bachelor's degree	18055	7.0	13.8	13.8	13.3
Bachelor's degree or more	19859	2.4	5.9	5.9	5.7
Work Experience in 2008
Total, 15 to 64 years	53609	9.3	12.6	12.6	12.1
Worked at full-time jobs	37805	4.2	5.1	5.1	4.7
50 to 52 weeks	32118	2.8	3.1	3.1	2.8
Worked at part-time jobs	6287	15.1	19.1	19.1	18.0
Did not work	9517	25.3	38.1	38.1	37.3
Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Family
No workers	18986	21.9	50.0	50.0	49.4
Householder 15 to 64 years	10578	34.1	48.8	48.8	47.7
Householder 65 years and over	8408	6.6	51.7	51.7	51.4
One worker	27850	4.7	5.8	5.8	5.1
Two workers or more	18193	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Program Participation Status of Family Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance	2687	33.7	58.0	58.0	57.0
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI	847	59.3	74.5	74.5	73.0
SSI	1971	24.2	52.9	52.9	52.2
Food stamps	4031	54.2	68.3	68.3	66.3
Housing assistance	1201	55.8	73.9	73.9	72.4
Energy assistance	1385	49.0	71.0	71.0	68.4
Free or reduced-price school lunches	5599	39.5	47.4	47.4	45.1
Family received
both food stamps and cash assistance	1218	59.4	82.2	82.2	81.0
Health Insurance Coverage
One or more members covered by:
Employer-provided plan	46108	2.6	6.1	6.1	5.4
Medicare	15851	7.1	37.9	37.9	37.6
Medicaid	11216	28.9	41.6	41.6	40.6
No members covered by:
Employer-provided plan or Medicare or Medicaid	6339	16.5	19.4	19.4	19.4
Health insurance	3597	22.6	25.4	25.4	25.4
Family received
Medicare and Medicaid	2719	19.5	55.6	55.6	54.7

	Percent Below Poverty Level
	After taxes
	Definition 4 less Social Security payroll taxes Definition 5	Definition 5 less Federal income taxes Definition 6	Definition 6 plus Earned Income Tax Credit Definition 7	Definition 7 less state income taxes Definition 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans- tested government cash transfers (5) Definition 9
White alone or in combination
All families	17.7	17.5	16.5	16.5	7.8
Age of Householder
15 to 24 years	29.0	28.4	25.6	25.5	22.2
25 to 44 years	14.1	13.5	11.9	11.9	9.6
45 to 54 years	9.0	9.0	8.3	8.2	5.6
55 to 64 years	12.4	12.5	12.2	12.2	5.8
65 years and over	39.4	39.5	39.4	39.5	5.9
Type of Family
Married-couple families	14.0	13.8	13.2	13.2	4.6
With related children under 18	8.9	8.3	7.1	7.0	5.3
With related children under 6	10.6	9.9	8.5	8.5	6.8
Male householder, no wife present	21.4	21.2	19.3	19.5	12.4
Female householder, no husband present	35.8	35.6	32.7	32.7	23.4
With related children under 18	41.2	40.4	36.3	36.1	30.0
With related children under 6	54.7	53.8	48.8	48.6	42.3
Region
Northeast	15.2	15.1	14.5	14.4	6.6
Midwest	17.0	16.8	15.9	15.9	6.6
South	19.9	19.7	18.8	18.8	8.6
West	16.8	16.5	15.1	15.1	8.8
Educational Attainment
Less than 12th grade, no diploma	43.7	42.9	40.3	40.3	22.9
High school graduate, no college	22.4	22.1	21.0	21.0	9.0
College: Less than bachelor's degree	14.1	14.0	13.1	13.1	6.2
Bachelor's degree or more	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.8	2.3
Work Experience in 2008
Total, 15 to 64 years	13.0	12.8	11.6	11.6	8.2
Worked at full-time jobs	5.6	5.2	4.2	4.2	3.2
50 to 52 weeks	3.5	3.2	2.4	2.4	1.8
Worked at part-time jobs	19.5	19.1	16.7	16.8	12.7
Did not work	38.5	38.5	37.4	37.4	25.5
Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Family
No workers	50.6	50.5	49.1	49.1	21.6
Householder 15 to 64 years	49.5	49.1	46.6	46.6	32.7
Householder 65 years and over	52.1	52.3	52.2	52.2	7.6
One worker	6.3	5.9	4.7	4.8	3.3
Two workers or more	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4
Program Participation Status of Family Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance	58.4	58.8	56.9	56.9	44.4
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI	74.8	74.8	70.7	70.6	63.8
SSI	53.3	54.0	53.0	53.1	38.5
Food stamps	69.9	68.6	63.6	63.4	50.9
Housing assistance	74.3	73.6	70.2	69.9	53.3
Energy assistance	70.9	70.2	64.5	64.3	44.2
Free or reduced-price school lunches	48.7	46.5	40.7	40.5	32.7
Family received
both food stamps and cash assistance	82.9	83.1	80.5	80.3	70.4
Health Insurance Coverage
One or more members covered by:
Employer-provided plan	5.8	5.7	5.3	5.3	1.9
Medicare	38.5	38.6	38.3	38.4	8.1
Medicaid	43.1	42.1	38.5	38.5	27.4
No members covered by:
Employer-provided plan or Medicare or Medicaid	21.7	21.1	19.2	19.2	15.2
Health insurance	28.7	27.8	25.1	25.0	20.7
Family received
Medicare and Medicaid	56.6	56.9	55.8	55.8	25.1

	Percent Below Poverty Level
	After taxes
	Definition 9 plus Medicare Definition 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches Definition 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers Definition 12	Definition 12 plus Medicaid Definition 13	Definition 13 plus other means-tested government noncash transfers Definition 14
White alone or in combination
All families	7.6	7.6	7.1	6.9	6.2
Age of Householder
15 to 24 years	22.1	22.1	21.4	20.6	18.6
25 to 44 years	9.5	9.5	9.0	8.6	7.5
45 to 54 years	5.5	5.5	5.0	4.8	4.4
55 to 64 years	5.4	5.4	4.9	4.8	4.6
65 years and over	5.4	5.4	4.8	4.8	4.6
Type of Family
Married-couple families	4.4	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.6
With related children under 18	5.2	5.2	4.9	4.6	4.1
With related children under 6	6.7	6.6	6.3	5.9	5.3
Male householder, no wife present	11.9	11.9	11.1	10.9	10.2
Female householder, no husband present	23.1	23.1	21.8	21.2	18.4
With related children under 18	29.7	29.7	28.4	27.6	23.9
With related children under 6	42.0	42.0	40.3	39.2	34.2
Region
Northeast	6.4	6.4	5.8	5.5	4.6
Midwest	6.5	6.5	6.1	5.9	5.2
South	8.3	8.3	7.9	7.7	7.2
West	8.7	8.7	8.0	7.7	7.1
Educational Attainment
Less than 12th grade, no diploma	22.3	22.3	20.6	19.8	17.5
High school graduate, no college	8.7	8.7	8.2	7.9	7.1
College: Less than bachelor's degree	6.1	6.1	5.7	5.6	5.0
Bachelor's degree or more	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.0
Work Experience in 2008
Total, 15 to 64 years	8.1	8.1	7.6	7.3	6.6
Worked at full-time jobs	3.1	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.4
50 to 52 weeks	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.4
Worked at part-time jobs	12.6	12.6	12.0	11.5	9.6
Did not work	24.9	24.9	23.2	22.6	21.1
Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Family
No workers	21.0	21.0	19.5	19.0	17.3
Householder 15 to 64 years	32.0	32.0	29.9	29.2	26.4
Householder 65 years and over	7.1	7.1	6.3	6.2	5.9
One worker	3.3	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.5
Two workers or more	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Program Participation Status of Family Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance	42.1	42.1	30.3	28.2	22.8
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI	63.2	63.2	52.3	48.7	39.5
SSI	35.6	35.6	22.3	20.7	16.5
Food stamps	49.6	49.6	45.0	41.9	32.5
Housing assistance	51.7	51.7	47.0	43.6	29.2
Energy assistance	43.3	43.3	39.1	37.3	29.5
Free or reduced-price school lunches	32.3	32.3	30.2	28.8	23.5
Family received
both food stamps and cash assistance	68.3	68.3	53.5	49.4	37.7
Health Insurance Coverage
One or more members covered by:
Employer-provided plan	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7
Medicare	7.2	7.2	6.3	6.3	5.8
Medicaid	26.6	26.6	23.8	22.5	19.2
No members covered by:
Employer-provided plan or Medicare or Medicaid	15.2	15.2	15.0	15.0	14.5
Health insurance	20.7	20.6	20.6	20.6	19.7
Family received
Medicare and Medicaid	21.9	21.8	16.7	16.3	14.2

	Percent Below Poverty Level
	After taxes
	Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home Definition 15	Definition 14 less medical programs Definition 14a	Money Income after Taxes Without EIC Definition 1a	Money Income after Taxes With EIC Definition 1b	Money Income after Taxes With EIC plus Stimulus Definition 1c
White alone or in combination
All families	5.7	6.4	9.1	7.9	7.5
Age of Householder
15 to 24 years	18.5	19.0	27.1	23.4	22.7
25 to 44 years	7.3	7.7	12.1	10.1	9.4
45 to 54 years	4.0	4.5	6.3	5.5	5.3
55 to 64 years	4.0	4.8	5.9	5.5	5.4
65 years and over	3.2	4.7	5.3	5.3	5.1
Type of Family
Married-couple families	3.2	3.8	5.4	4.7	4.4
With related children under 18	3.9	4.2	7.4	5.9	5.3
With related children under 6	5.0	5.4	9.4	7.5	6.8
Male householder, no wife present	8.7	10.2	14.0	11.8	11.4
Female householder, no husband present	17.5	18.6	26.8	23.5	22.7
With related children under 18	23.1	24.2	35.5	30.7	29.5
With related children under 6	33.5	34.7	49.6	43.7	41.9
Region
Northeast	4.4	4.8	7.5	6.4	6.1
Midwest	4.6	5.3	7.8	6.8	6.5
South	6.7	7.3	9.9	8.8	8.3
West	6.2	7.2	10.4	8.9	8.4
Educational Attainment
Less than 12th grade, no diploma	16.1	17.9	25.9	22.9	21.5
High school graduate, no college	6.5	7.4	10.5	9.1	8.7
College: Less than bachelor's degree	4.7	5.1	7.4	6.3	6.0
Bachelor's degree or more	1.6	2.0	2.6	2.3	2.2
Work Experience in 2008
Total, 15 to 64 years	6.2	6.7	9.9	8.5	8.0
Worked at full-time jobs	2.2	2.4	4.8	3.5	3.2
50 to 52 weeks	1.3	1.4	3.2	2.2	1.9
Worked at part-time jobs	9.2	9.8	16.1	13.5	12.8
Did not work	20.0	21.7	26.0	24.8	24.2
Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Family
No workers	15.6	17.7	22.6	20.8	20.3
Householder 15 to 64 years	24.6	26.9	35.1	32.0	31.1
Householder 65 years and over	4.1	6.1	6.8	6.8	6.6
One worker	2.4	2.6	5.4	4.0	3.5
Two workers or more	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.4
Program Participation Status of Family Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance	21.8	23.9	35.1	32.6	31.5
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI	38.5	40.6	61.7	56.4	54.2
SSI	15.4	17.5	25.1	24.0	23.3
Food stamps	30.7	33.4	56.3	49.4	47.4
Housing assistance	29.2	30.7	57.3	50.5	49.2
Energy assistance	26.7	30.0	50.5	43.8	41.6
Free or reduced-price school lunches	22.5	23.9	40.9	34.0	31.7
Family received
both food stamps and cash assistance	35.8	39.3	61.6	57.6	55.7
Health Insurance Coverage
One or more members covered by:
Employer-provided plan	1.5	1.7	2.9	2.4	2.2
Medicare	4.5	6.2	7.4	7.2	7.0
Medicaid	18.1	19.8	30.4	26.2	24.8
No members covered by:
Employer-provided plan or Medicare or Medicaid	13.4	14.5	18.0	16.0	15.1
Health insurance	18.1	19.7	24.5	21.7	20.6
Family received
Medicare and Medicaid	11.7	15.3	20.4	19.7	18.9

	Number Below Poverty Level
	Definition 1	Definition 2	Definition 3	Definition 4	Definition 5	Definition 6	Definition 7
White alone or in combination
All families	5541	11208	11208	10887	11486	11348	10718
Age of Householder
15 to 24 years	643	715	715	684	740	724	653
25 to 44 years	2817	3343	3343	3180	3478	3327	2922
45 to 54 years	885	1315	1315	1249	1348	1350	1241
55 to 64 years	617	1387	1387	1354	1424	1436	1399
65 years and over	580	4448	4448	4421	4496	4511	4503
Type of Family
Married-couple families	2594	7051	7051	6842	7175	7063	6786
With related children under 18	1578	1938	1938	1788	1985	1859	1586
With related children under 6	934	1085	1085	1002	1104	1033	889
Male householder, no wife present	510	815	815	797	871	865	787
Female householder, no husband present	2436	3342	3342	3248	3440	3420	3144
With related children under 18	2117	2516	2516	2438	2577	2523	2268
With related children under 6	1194	1358	1358	1325	1386	1363	1236
Region
Northeast	823	1767	1767	1694	1782	1770	1689
Midwest	1141	2553	2553	2488	2610	2582	2441
South	2131	4489	4489	4384	4615	4570	4363
West	1447	2399	2399	2321	2480	2426	2225
Educational Attainment
Less than 12th grade, no diploma	1931	3337	3337	3257	3430	3370	3168
High school graduate, no college	1876	4207	4207	4083	4310	4263	4039
College: Less than bachelor's degree	1259	2489	2489	2406	2541	2520	2358
Bachelor's degree or more	476	1175	1175	1142	1204	1196	1153
Work Experience in 2008
Total, 15 to 64 years	4961	6760	6760	6466	6990	6837	6215
Worked at full-time jobs	1604	1939	1939	1783	2099	1976	1601
50 to 52 weeks	894	1009	1009	892	1109	1013	768
Worked at part-time jobs	951	1198	1198	1132	1225	1200	1051
Did not work	2407	3623	3623	3552	3666	3661	3563
Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Family
No workers	4159	9502	9502	9374	9616	9591	9314
Householder 15 to 64 years	3604	5158	5158	5049	5238	5198	4927
Householder 65 years and over	554	4344	4344	4325	4378	4394	4387
One worker	1299	1613	1613	1430	1760	1651	1322
Two workers or more	83	92	92	83	110	107	82
Program Participation Status of Family Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance	906	1558	1558	1531	1569	1580	1528
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI	503	631	631	618	634	633	599
SSI	476	1043	1043	1028	1050	1064	1044
Food stamps	2185	2755	2755	2673	2817	2767	2563
Housing assistance	670	888	888	870	893	884	842
Energy assistance	679	984	984	947	981	973	894
Free or reduced-price school lunches	2211	2652	2652	2526	2725	2604	2279
Family received
both food stamps and cash assistance	723	1001	1001	987	1010	1013	980
Health Insurance Coverage
One or more members covered by:
Employer-provided plan	1217	2796	2796	2475	2652	2621	2443
Medicare	1124	6010	6010	5953	6097	6123	6071
Medicaid	3242	4669	4669	4550	4838	4722	4324
No members covered by:
Employer-provided plan or Medicare or Medicaid	1048	1229	1229	1229	1374	1336	1219
Health insurance	811	913	913	913	1031	1000	904
Family received
Medicare and Medicaid	531	1511	1511	1487	1540	1546	1516

	Number Below Poverty Level
	Definition 8	Definition 9	Definition 10	Definition 11	Definition 12	Definition 13
White alone or in combination
All families	10721	5094	4959	4955	4625	4475
Age of Householder
15 to 24 years	650	566	564	564	545	525
25 to 44 years	2926	2351	2329	2327	2214	2119
45 to 54 years	1236	845	822	820	745	726
55 to 64 years	1402	661	623	623	567	556
65 years and over	4507	671	621	621	553	549
Type of Family
Married-couple families	6785	2344	2255	2251	2081	1995
With related children under 18	1577	1183	1162	1158	1100	1029
With related children under 6	882	704	692	690	660	615
Male householder, no wife present	797	505	486	486	453	445
Female householder, no husband present	3139	2244	2218	2218	2091	2035
With related children under 18	2257	1872	1859	1859	1772	1722
With related children under 6	1232	1071	1063	1063	1022	993
Region
Northeast	1683	768	746	744	675	646
Midwest	2441	1020	1003	1002	944	904
South	4373	2007	1931	1931	1827	1796
West	2225	1299	1278	1278	1179	1129
Educational Attainment
Less than 12th grade, no diploma	3163	1800	1749	1749	1616	1553
High school graduate, no college	4041	1724	1681	1680	1571	1512
College: Less than bachelor's degree	2359	1120	1094	1094	1030	1006
Bachelor's degree or more	1157	449	435	432	408	403
Work Experience in 2008
Total, 15 to 64 years	6213	4423	4338	4334	4072	3926
Worked at full-time jobs	1597	1193	1178	1176	1109	1054
50 to 52 weeks	768	581	574	572	555	523
Worked at part-time jobs	1055	798	793	791	757	720
Did not work	3562	2432	2366	2366	2206	2152
Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Family
No workers	9316	4098	3982	3982	3695	3607
Householder 15 to 64 years	4925	3457	3386	3386	3168	3084
Householder 65 years and over	4390	642	596	596	528	524
One worker	1323	929	911	907	865	810
Two workers or more	82	66	66	66	65	58
Program Participation Status of Family Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance	1529	1192	1132	1132	813	758
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI	598	540	535	535	443	412
SSI	1046	760	701	701	440	407
Food stamps	2557	2051	1999	1999	1814	1688
Housing assistance	839	640	620	620	564	524
Energy assistance	890	613	599	599	542	517
Free or reduced-price school lunches	2266	1830	1807	1807	1692	1611
Family received
both food stamps and cash assistance	979	858	832	832	652	602
Health Insurance Coverage
One or more members covered by:
Employer-provided plan	2449	899	872	871	826	818
Medicare	6082	1281	1146	1145	1002	991
Medicaid	4317	3070	2983	2983	2669	2519
No members covered by:
Employer-provided plan or Medicare or Medicaid	1216	964	964	962	954	954
Health insurance	898	744	744	743	741	741
Family received
Medicare and Medicaid	1518	681	595	594	455	444

	Number Below Poverty Level
	Definition 14	Definition 15	Definition 14a	Definition 1a	Definition 1b	Definition 1c
White alone or in combination
All families	4037	3685	4137	5898	5148	4879
Age of Householder
15 to 24 years	475	471	484	691	597	578
25 to 44 years	1855	1794	1895	2972	2484	2307
45 to 54 years	653	593	668	952	831	793
55 to 64 years	529	462	552	675	634	614
65 years and over	525	366	539	608	602	586
Type of Family
Married-couple families	1857	1653	1933	2756	2405	2237
With related children under 18	917	872	945	1654	1313	1180
With related children under 6	546	524	563	973	783	708
Male householder, no wife present	415	353	415	570	480	465
Female householder, no husband present	1765	1679	1789	2572	2262	2177
With related children under 18	1491	1443	1511	2217	1920	1841
With related children under 6	865	849	880	1255	1107	1061
Region
Northeast	542	509	565	874	751	714
Midwest	794	708	812	1200	1047	1008
South	1662	1551	1703	2297	2036	1925
West	1039	917	1057	1527	1313	1233
Educational Attainment
Less than 12th grade, no diploma	1377	1265	1405	2036	1799	1688
High school graduate, no college	1369	1257	1416	2019	1758	1670
College: Less than bachelor's degree	903	843	923	1331	1129	1085
Bachelor's degree or more	388	320	394	512	462	436
Work Experience in 2008
Total, 15 to 64 years	3512	3320	3599	5290	4546	4293
Worked at full-time jobs	899	844	918	1798	1334	1191
50 to 52 weeks	448	433	460	1019	712	612
Worked at part-time jobs	606	577	617	1013	850	802
Did not work	2007	1899	2063	2478	2362	2300
Number of Year-Round Full-Time Workers in the Family
No workers	3287	2953	3358	4290	3958	3848
Householder 15 to 64 years	2788	2606	2848	3717	3390	3292
Householder 65 years and over	499	347	509	573	568	556
One worker	695	666	722	1501	1109	961
Two workers or more	55	66	58	107	81	70
Program Participation Status of Family Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance	614	585	641	944	877	845
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI	335	326	344	522	477	459
SSI	325	303	344	495	473	458
Food stamps	1309	1238	1346	2268	1993	1911
Housing assistance	351	351	369	688	607	591
Energy assistance	409	370	415	700	607	576
Free or reduced-price school lunches	1316	1259	1337	2289	1904	1774
Family received
both food stamps and cash assistance	459	437	479	751	702	678
Health Insurance Coverage
One or more members covered by:
Employer-provided plan	761	699	781	1358	1096	1013
Medicare	917	713	977	1167	1137	1105
Medicaid	2154	2028	2225	3409	2937	2780
No members covered by:
Employer-provided plan or Medicare or Medicaid	916	847	916	1140	1016	955
Health insurance	710	650	710	883	781	742
Family received
Medicare and Medicaid	385	319	416	555	534	514

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Income Definition Footnotes

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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