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TABLE 21. Poverty Thresholds By Size of Family And Number of Related Children - 1996 (Numbers in thousands)

		Unrelated			Two Person Families
		Individuals				House- Holder	House- Holder	3	4	5	6	7	8	9 or More
		Total	Under 65	65 And Over	Total	Under 65	65 & Over	Per- Sons	Per- Sons	Per- Sons	Per- Sons	Per- Sons	Per- Sons	Per- Sons
Total	Number	40727	30017	10709	29780	20581	9199	16239	14602	6326	2108	692	287	207
	Poverty Threshold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Families In Poverty	8452	6215	2237	2564	2092	473	1968	1513	872	416	199	82	94
	Persons In Poverty	8452	6215	2237	5245	4245	1000	6011	6158	4387	2548	1432	650	943
	Number of Related Children Under 18
	None:
	Number	40727	30017	10709	25858	16712	9147	5261	1591	281	28	15	1	1
	Poverty Threshold	7995	8163	7525	10145	10507	9484	12273	16183	19516	22447	25828	28887	34749
	Families In Poverty	8452	6215	2237	1322	874	449	199	49	5	1	0	0	0
	Persons In Poverty	8452	6215	2237	2757	1807	950	690	230	29	6	0	0	0
	Number of Related Children Under 18
	One:
	Number	0	0	0	3921	3869	52	8234	2474	644	139	23	8	8
	Poverty Threshold	0	0	0	10814	10815	10774	12629	16448	19800	22536	25990	29142	34917
	Families In Poverty	0	0	0	1242	1218	24	589	151	43	6	0	0	0
	Persons In Poverty	0	0	0	2488	2439	50	1823	638	234	32	0	3	4
	Number of Related Children Under 18
	TWO:
	Number	0	0	0	0	0	0	2744	9509	1293	323	66	31	0
	Poverty Threshold	0	0	0	0	0	0	12641	15911	19194	22072	25434	28617	34453
	Families In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	1179	696	112	15	8	1	0
	Persons In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	3498	2820	593	96	60	13	0
	Number of Related Children Under 18
	THREE:
	Number	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1028	3812	467	146	44	14
	Poverty Threshold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15967	18725	21627	25046	28158	34063
	Families In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	617	481	75	29	7	5
	Persons In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2470	2395	479	217	58	57
	Number of Related Children Under 18
	FOUR:
	Number	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	296	1068	151	62	27
	Poverty Threshold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18438	20965	24324	27506	33423
	Families In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	231	249	39	21	9
	Persons In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1137	1508	288	161	85
	Number of Related Children Under 18
	FIVE:
	Number	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	253	44	29
	Poverty Threshold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20573	23482	26678	32542
	Families In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	90	19	7
	Persons In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	428	632	157	68
	Number of Related Children Under 18
	SIX:
	Number	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	92	35
	Poverty Threshold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22558	25816	31746
	Families In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	30	23
	Persons In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	236	228	236
	Number of Related Children Under 18
	SEVEN:
	Number	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	38
	Poverty Threshold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25597	31548
	Families In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13
	Persons In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	135
	Number of Related Children Under 18
	EIGHT:
	Number	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54
	Poverty Threshold	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30333
	Families In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
	Persons In Poverty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	358
	Weighted Poverty Threshold	7995	8163	7525	10233	10564	9491	12516	16036	18952	21389	24268	27091	31971

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 28, 2004
URL: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/macro/031997/pov/21_000.htm