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POV35: Poverty Thresholds by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years: 2009

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Dollars)

    Number of related children under 18 years (28)
Weighted average poverty threshold (29) None One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight or more
One person 10,956 - - - - - - - - -
  Under 65 11,161 11,161 - - - - - - - -
  65 and over 10,289 10,289 - - - - - - - -
 
Two people 		13,991 - - - - - - - - -
  Householder under 65 14,439 14,366 14,787 - - - - - - -
  Householder 65 and over 12,982 12,968 14,731 - - - - - - -
 
Three people 		17,098 16,781 17,268 17,285 - - - - - -
Four people 21,954 22,128 22,490 21,756 21,832 - - - - -
Five people 25,991 26,686 27,074 26,245 25,603 25,211 - - - -
Six people 29,405 30,693 30,815 30,180 29,571 28,666 28,130 - - -
Seven people 33,372 35,316 35,537 34,777 34,247 33,260 32,108 30,845 - -
Eight people 37,252 39,498 39,847 39,130 38,501 37,610 36,478 35,300 35,000 -
Nine or more people 44,366 47,514 47,744 47,109 46,576 45,701 44,497 43,408 43,138 41,476

Poverty Footnotes

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