POV35: Poverty Thresholds by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years: 2002


[Dollars]

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                                                                                     Number of related children under 18 years /28
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                                          Weighted
                                          average poverty                                                                                          Eight
                                          threshold /29    None       One        Two        Three      Four       Five       Six        Seven      or more
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One person..............................            9,183          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
  Under 65..............................            9,359      9,359          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
  65 and over...........................            8,628      8,628          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

Two people..............................           11,756          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
  Householder under 65..................           12,110     12,047     12,400          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
  Householder 65 and over...............           10,885     10,874     12,353          -          -          -          -          -          -          -

Three people............................           14,348     14,072     14,480     14,494          -          -          -          -          -          -
Four people.............................           18,392     18,556     18,859     18,244     18,307          -          -          -          -          -
Five people.............................           21,744     22,377     22,703     22,007     21,469     21,141          -          -          -          -
Six people..............................           24,576     25,738     25,840     25,307     24,797     24,038     23,588          -          -          -
Seven people............................           28,001     29,615     29,799     29,162     28,718     27,890     26,924     25,865          -          -
Eight people............................           30,907     33,121     33,414     32,812     32,285     31,538     30,589     29,601     29,350          -
Nine or more people.....................           37,062     39,843     40,036     39,504     39,057     38,323     37,313     36,399     36,173     34,780
 
 
 
 
 
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.


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