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Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- White alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. People as of March of the following year]
Percent of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
___________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in Def. 1 plus net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official imputed net on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure capital gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
White alone or in combination
Total 242,306 10.3 10.3 9.1 9.9 16.6 10.5 9.9 8.9 7.7 11.6 10.2 9.7 8.7
Age
Under 18 years 58,374 14.0 14.0 13.2 14.2 16.3 14.7 14.2 12.6 9.8 15.7 12.7 12.3 10.7
Related children 57,466 13.5 13.5 12.7 13.7 15.8 14.1 13.7 12.1 9.3 15.1 12.2 11.8 10.2
Under 6 years 19,267 16.6 16.6 16.0 17.1 18.6 17.5 17.1 15.6 12.1 18.5 15.1 14.7 13.0
18 to 24 years 22,710 15.6 15.5 14.9 16.5 18.7 16.8 16.5 15.8 14.4 18.7 17.2 16.8 16.1
25 to 44 years 66,208 9.2 9.2 8.6 9.5 11.6 10.0 9.5 8.6 7.2 11.0 9.5 9.0 8.1
45 to 64 years 63,474 7.0 7.0 5.8 6.2 11.4 7.0 6.2 5.6 5.3 7.9 7.6 6.8 6.2
65 years and over 31,541 8.5 8.4 5.4 5.5 36.4 6.2 5.5 4.6 4.6 7.3 7.3 6.6 5.7
65 to 74 years 16,378 7.6 7.5 5.0 5.1 30.0 5.8 5.1 4.2 4.2 6.9 6.9 6.3 5.4
75 years and over 15,163 9.5 9.4 5.8 5.9 43.3 6.6 5.9 5.0 5.0 7.8 7.7 7.1 6.2
Family Relationship
In families 200,140 8.9 8.9 7.9 8.6 13.9 9.1 8.6 7.7 6.2 10.1 8.5 8.0 7.1
In married-couple families 161,263 5.4 5.4 4.6 5.1 9.8 5.4 5.1 4.6 3.6 6.1 5.0 4.7 4.2
With related children under 18 96,818 6.4 6.4 5.9 6.5 7.8 6.7 6.5 5.8 4.2 7.5 5.6 5.4 4.7
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 28,095 27.4 27.4 25.5 27.0 35.2 28.7 27.0 23.7 19.8 30.8 26.8 25.1 21.9
With related children under 18 20,094 34.2 34.3 32.6 34.5 40.5 36.1 34.5 30.2 24.8 38.4 32.8 31.3 27.1
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 10,782 12.7 12.7 11.6 12.8 18.3 13.6 12.8 12.1 10.1 14.9 13.0 12.1 11.4
With related children under 18 5,984 16.6 16.7 15.7 17.0 20.2 17.3 17.0 15.9 12.7 18.5 15.3 15.0 13.8
Unrelated individuals 41,030 16.3 16.2 14.2 15.4 29.0 16.2 15.4 13.9 13.8 17.9 17.9 17.0 15.6
Living alone 25,663 13.1 13.1 10.2 10.8 30.1 11.8 10.8 8.9 8.8 13.5 13.5 12.5 10.5
65 years and over 9,558 13.9 13.9 8.8 9.0 49.6 9.8 9.0 6.8 6.8 11.5 11.5 10.8 8.6
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 200,434 9.7 9.7 8.6 9.4 15.3 9.9 9.4 8.5 7.2 11.0 9.7 9.1 8.2
Inside principal cities 68,504 13.1 13.1 11.9 13.0 19.0 13.8 13.0 11.8 10.1 15.1 13.3 12.5 11.2
Outside principal cities 131,930 7.9 7.9 6.9 7.4 13.4 7.9 7.4 6.7 5.7 8.8 7.8 7.4 6.6
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 41,872 13.1 13.1 11.8 12.5 22.7 13.2 12.5 11.2 9.8 14.4 12.9 12.3 11.0
Region
Northeast 44,148 9.4 9.4 8.4 9.0 15.5 9.6 9.0 7.7 6.7 10.7 9.7 9.0 7.7
Midwest 56,706 8.8 8.7 7.8 8.5 15.3 8.8 8.5 7.6 6.7 9.7 8.6 8.3 7.4
South 83,597 11.5 11.5 10.1 10.9 18.5 11.4 10.9 10.1 8.6 12.7 11.2 10.7 9.8
West 57,854 10.7 10.7 9.7 10.5 15.8 11.4 10.5 9.5 8.1 12.5 10.8 9.9 9.0
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 183,932 9.1 9.1 7.9 8.5 16.6 9.1 8.5 7.8 7.0 10.3 9.4 8.8 8.1
18 to 24 years old 22,710 15.6 15.5 14.9 16.5 18.7 16.8 16.5 15.8 14.4 18.7 17.2 16.8 16.1
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 4,749 23.1 22.9 21.8 23.7 27.4 24.5 23.7 22.4 20.0 27.1 24.7 23.8 22.1
25 years old and over 161,222 8.2 8.2 6.9 7.4 16.4 8.0 7.4 6.6 5.9 9.1 8.3 7.7 6.9
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 22,271 20.6 20.6 17.7 19.3 38.2 21.4 19.3 16.8 14.7 23.3 21.3 19.1 16.5
High school graduate, no college 51,046 9.0 8.9 7.5 8.1 19.7 8.7 8.1 7.3 6.5 9.9 9.0 8.4 7.6
College: Less than bachelor's degree 41,140 6.2 6.1 5.2 5.5 12.4 5.9 5.5 5.0 4.4 7.0 6.3 5.9 5.4
Bachelor's degree or more 46,765 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.7 5.7 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.4 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years 146,107 9.0 9.0 8.1 8.9 12.3 9.5 8.9 8.2 7.2 10.6 9.6 9.0 8.2
Worked at full-time jobs 100,313 3.6 3.7 3.3 4.0 4.7 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.9 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.7
50 to 52 weeks 85,648 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.6 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.4 1.7 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.4
Worked at part-time jobs 18,176 11.9 11.9 10.9 12.5 16.2 13.2 12.5 11.5 10.3 14.8 13.5 12.8 11.9
Did not work 27,619 26.3 26.2 23.6 24.2 37.2 26.4 24.2 22.1 21.0 28.1 26.9 24.5 22.4
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 10,206 39.6 39.7 37.0 38.5 59.5 51.5 38.5 30.6 27.6 53.8 51.3 38.3 29.9
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 3,191 59.9 59.8 58.7 60.5 72.5 67.6 60.5 50.8 43.9 69.2 66.0 58.5 46.8
SSI 7,607 33.0 33.2 29.9 31.1 56.2 47.2 31.1 23.6 22.4 49.8 47.6 31.8 24.3
Food stamps 13,959 58.6 58.5 54.9 57.8 71.6 61.9 57.8 44.9 37.8 64.7 58.4 54.3 41.0
Housing assistance 5,396 51.3 51.3 51.3 52.4 74.7 57.6 52.4 34.3 29.8 58.3 55.3 49.6 30.5
Energy assistance 4,576 51.1 50.9 47.1 49.1 71.2 53.8 49.1 38.2 31.1 55.9 51.2 46.3 34.0
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 22,763 37.1 37.3 34.9 37.6 44.5 39.2 37.6 31.8 24.7 41.8 34.4 32.9 27.0
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 4,477 65.7 65.9 62.1 64.2 83.9 77.2 64.2 47.7 43.0 79.4 75.7 63.2 45.6
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 206,145 8.2 8.2 7.1 7.6 14.8 8.2 7.6 6.7 5.7 9.1 8.1 7.5 6.5
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 148,859 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.4 4.5 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.7 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.2
Medicare 34,770 10.0 10.0 6.8 7.0 40.0 8.2 7.0 5.6 5.5 9.4 9.3 8.1 6.7
Both Medicare and Medicaid 4,050 29.1 29.0 22.8 23.6 62.4 32.6 23.6 15.6 14.9 34.4 34.0 25.4 16.9
Medicaid 27,374 35.8 35.8 33.5 35.3 48.5 39.5 35.3 29.4 24.7 41.5 37.1 32.9 26.7
Not covered at any time during the year 36,161 22.3 22.3 20.6 22.9 26.7 23.1 22.9 22.0 19.0 25.7 22.4 22.1 21.1
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- White alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. People as of March of the following year]
Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
_________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
Def.1 plus imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in imputed net net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official capital on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
White alone or in combination
Total 242,306 24,901 24,880 22,163 23,978 40,163 25,340 23,978 21,659 18,575 28,034 24,751 23,389 21,034
Age
Under 18 years 58,374 8,174 8,183 7,719 8,291 9,539 8,566 8,291 7,361 5,727 9,154 7,422 7,165 6,217
Related children 57,466 7,759 7,771 7,308 7,852 9,088 8,125 7,852 6,936 5,357 8,706 7,036 6,783 5,839
Under 6 years 19,267 3,194 3,195 3,078 3,303 3,582 3,378 3,303 2,999 2,325 3,568 2,901 2,838 2,499
18 to 24 years 22,710 3,539 3,526 3,377 3,737 4,257 3,821 3,737 3,580 3,274 4,242 3,913 3,811 3,656
25 to 44 years 66,208 6,076 6,067 5,703 6,300 7,674 6,597 6,300 5,715 4,776 7,286 6,276 5,989 5,394
45 to 64 years 63,474 4,436 4,448 3,671 3,918 7,214 4,412 3,918 3,552 3,362 5,043 4,842 4,328 3,954
65 years and over 31,541 2,676 2,656 1,693 1,733 11,478 1,946 1,733 1,450 1,436 2,309 2,296 2,096 1,812
65 to 74 years 16,378 1,241 1,227 818 838 4,911 943 838 695 683 1,130 1,124 1,025 877
75 years and over 15,163 1,434 1,429 875 895 6,567 1,003 895 755 753 1,179 1,172 1,071 935
Family Relationship
In families 200,140 17,760 17,758 15,851 17,163 27,744 18,183 17,163 15,447 12,496 20,153 16,982 15,970 14,211
In married-couple families 161,263 8,701 8,688 7,437 8,210 15,869 8,647 8,210 7,472 5,835 9,902 8,048 7,623 6,837
With related children under 18 96,818 6,208 6,213 5,677 6,323 7,556 6,521 6,323 5,661 4,051 7,287 5,437 5,250 4,533
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 28,095 7,690 7,698 7,160 7,577 9,900 8,073 7,577 6,669 5,567 8,648 7,530 7,041 6,148
With related children under 18 20,094 6,869 6,883 6,550 6,927 8,139 7,246 6,927 6,070 4,980 7,708 6,597 6,281 5,442
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 10,782 1,369 1,372 1,254 1,376 1,975 1,464 1,376 1,306 1,093 1,603 1,405 1,307 1,225
With related children under 18 5,984 996 1,001 942 1,019 1,210 1,037 1,019 954 760 1,107 915 899 823
Unrelated individuals 41,030 6,670 6,650 5,841 6,300 11,882 6,633 6,300 5,714 5,671 7,343 7,327 6,990 6,400
Living alone 25,663 3,371 3,352 2,630 2,776 7,713 3,034 2,776 2,279 2,261 3,471 3,461 3,197 2,700
65 years and over 9,558 1,331 1,328 845 857 4,744 936 857 647 647 1,103 1,103 1,032 820
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 200,434 19,408 19,377 17,225 18,742 30,663 19,824 18,742 16,976 14,475 22,022 19,351 18,252 16,417
Inside principal cities 68,504 8,958 8,956 8,184 8,918 13,041 9,447 8,918 8,109 6,907 10,367 9,096 8,536 7,654
Outside principal cities 131,930 10,450 10,421 9,041 9,823 17,622 10,377 9,823 8,868 7,568 11,655 10,255 9,716 8,763
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 41,872 5,493 5,503 4,938 5,236 9,499 5,517 5,236 4,682 4,099 6,012 5,400 5,137 4,617
Region
Northeast 44,148 4,162 4,158 3,701 3,960 6,846 4,221 3,960 3,397 2,948 4,723 4,302 3,985 3,396
Midwest 56,706 4,984 4,962 4,439 4,824 8,687 4,998 4,824 4,331 3,779 5,488 4,850 4,699 4,216
South 83,597 9,592 9,581 8,414 9,132 15,488 9,525 9,132 8,405 7,182 10,590 9,332 8,957 8,187
West 57,854 6,162 6,179 5,609 6,062 9,142 6,597 6,062 5,525 4,666 7,233 6,267 5,747 5,234
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 183,932 16,726 16,697 14,444 15,687 30,623 16,775 15,687 14,298 12,847 18,880 17,328 16,224 14,817
18 to 24 years old 22,710 3,539 3,526 3,377 3,737 4,257 3,821 3,737 3,580 3,274 4,242 3,913 3,811 3,656
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 4,749 1,095 1,089 1,037 1,127 1,300 1,164 1,127 1,063 951 1,286 1,171 1,132 1,052
25 years old and over 161,222 13,187 13,171 11,067 11,950 26,366 12,954 11,950 10,718 9,573 14,638 13,415 12,413 11,161
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 22,271 4,587 4,594 3,942 4,296 8,512 4,761 4,296 3,750 3,278 5,186 4,738 4,264 3,685
High school graduate, no college 51,046 4,570 4,559 3,813 4,123 10,079 4,436 4,123 3,728 3,330 5,033 4,586 4,285 3,877
College: Less than bachelor's degree 41,140 2,532 2,523 2,119 2,278 5,115 2,436 2,278 2,049 1,826 2,863 2,606 2,440 2,240
Bachelor's degree or more 46,765 1,498 1,494 1,193 1,253 2,661 1,322 1,253 1,192 1,139 1,557 1,484 1,424 1,359
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years 146,107 13,085 13,083 11,857 12,963 17,966 13,816 12,963 11,915 10,568 15,437 13,983 13,103 12,039
Worked at full-time jobs 100,313 3,658 3,673 3,353 4,019 4,738 4,124 4,019 3,703 2,903 4,980 4,111 4,011 3,687
50 to 52 weeks 85,648 1,948 1,962 1,750 2,220 2,568 2,272 2,220 2,022 1,494 2,897 2,255 2,204 2,032
Worked at part-time jobs 18,176 2,171 2,162 1,989 2,267 2,951 2,394 2,267 2,099 1,869 2,687 2,455 2,323 2,158
Did not work 27,619 7,256 7,249 6,515 6,677 10,277 7,298 6,677 6,113 5,796 7,770 7,417 6,769 6,194
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 10,206 4,039 4,049 3,779 3,927 6,069 5,253 3,927 3,119 2,821 5,494 5,235 3,913 3,054
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 3,191 1,911 1,909 1,873 1,930 2,314 2,158 1,930 1,620 1,400 2,209 2,107 1,866 1,494
SSI 7,607 2,513 2,524 2,277 2,368 4,272 3,590 2,368 1,795 1,706 3,786 3,624 2,421 1,852
Food stamps 13,959 8,180 8,162 7,667 8,062 9,992 8,646 8,062 6,268 5,274 9,025 8,146 7,584 5,728
Housing assistance 5,396 2,770 2,768 2,768 2,828 4,033 3,106 2,828 1,850 1,611 3,145 2,983 2,675 1,648
Energy assistance 4,576 2,336 2,329 2,155 2,249 3,258 2,460 2,249 1,748 1,423 2,560 2,344 2,121 1,556
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 22,763 8,456 8,482 7,944 8,563 10,134 8,914 8,563 7,233 5,617 9,512 7,840 7,493 6,156
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 4,477 2,940 2,949 2,779 2,872 3,756 3,456 2,872 2,134 1,924 3,555 3,390 2,828 2,042
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 206,145 16,826 16,803 14,714 15,694 30,518 16,972 15,694 13,712 11,716 18,751 16,660 15,384 13,396
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 148,859 3,782 3,790 3,141 3,531 6,769 3,622 3,531 3,294 2,554 4,443 3,579 3,483 3,288
Medicare 34,770 3,480 3,464 2,367 2,424 13,899 2,862 2,424 1,941 1,898 3,283 3,242 2,819 2,329
Both Medicare and Medicaid 4,050 1,178 1,176 923 955 2,529 1,320 955 632 604 1,395 1,379 1,027 685
Medicaid 27,374 9,813 9,803 9,175 9,674 13,265 10,807 9,674 8,038 6,770 11,369 10,152 9,019 7,305
Not covered at any time during the year 36,161 8,075 8,077 7,449 8,284 9,644 8,369 8,284 7,947 6,858 9,283 8,091 8,005 7,638
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- White alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. People as of March of the following year]
Standard Error Percent of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
_________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
Def.1 plus imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in imputed net net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official capital on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
White alone or in combination
Total (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Age
Under 18 years (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Related children (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Under 6 years (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
18 to 24 years (X) 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
25 to 44 years (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
45 to 64 years (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
65 years and over (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
65 to 74 years (X) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
75 years and over (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Family Relationship
In families (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
In married-couple families (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
With related children under 18 (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
In families with female hhlder, no husband present (X) 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
With related children under 18 (X) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9
In families with male hhlder, no wife present (X) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
With related children under 18 (X) 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1
Unrelated individuals (X) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Living alone (X) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
65 years and over (X) 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas (X) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Inside principal cities (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Outside principal cities (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Outside metropolitan statistical areas (X) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Region
Northeast (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Midwest (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
South (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
West (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over (X) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
18 to 24 years old (X) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Less than 12th grade, no diploma (X) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0
25 years old and over (X) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Less than 12th grade, no diploma (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6
High school graduate, no college (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
College: Less than bachelor's degree (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Bachelor's degree or more (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Worked at full-time jobs (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
50 to 52 weeks (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Worked at part-time jobs (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Did not work (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance (X) 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI (X) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.7
SSI (X) 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.7
Food stamps (X) 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.8
Housing assistance (X) 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.0
Energy assistance (X) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.2
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch (X) 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance (X) 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.4 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.4
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Medicare (X) 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Both Medicare and Medicaid (X) 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.9 3.3 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.4 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.5
Medicaid (X) 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8
Not covered at any time during the year (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- White alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. People as of March of the following year]
Standard Error Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
_________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
Def.1 plus imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in imputed net net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official capital on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
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White alone or in combination
Total 0 347 347 329 341 428 350 341 326 303 366 346 337 321
Age
Under 18 years 0 173 173 169 174 185 177 174 165 147 182 166 163 153
Related children 350 169 169 165 170 181 173 170 161 143 178 162 159 149
Under 6 years 219 111 111 109 113 117 114 113 108 95 117 106 105 99
18 to 24 years 0 80 80 79 82 87 83 82 81 78 87 84 83 82
25 to 44 years 0 106 106 103 108 118 110 108 103 95 115 108 105 100
45 to 64 years 0 91 91 84 86 114 91 86 82 80 97 95 90 87
65 years and over 0 70 70 57 57 125 61 57 53 52 66 66 63 59
65 to 74 years 0 49 49 40 40 92 43 40 37 37 47 47 45 41
75 years and over 0 52 52 41 42 104 44 42 38 38 48 48 46 43
Family Relationship
In families 452 297 297 281 292 364 300 292 278 251 315 291 282 267
In married-couple families 483 211 211 196 205 282 211 205 196 174 225 203 198 188
With related children under 18 457 179 179 171 181 197 184 181 171 145 194 168 165 154
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 286 199 199 192 197 225 204 197 186 170 211 197 191 178
With related children under 18 246 188 188 184 189 204 193 189 177 161 199 185 180 168
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 183 85 85 81 85 102 88 85 83 76 92 86 83 80
With related children under 18 137 72 73 70 73 80 74 73 71 63 76 69 69 66
Unrelated individuals 191 103 103 95 99 149 103 99 94 93 109 109 106 100
Living alone 156 69 69 60 62 113 65 62 56 55 70 70 67 61
65 years and over 98 42 42 33 33 84 35 33 29 29 38 38 37 32
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 452 309 309 293 304 381 312 304 291 270 328 309 301 286
Inside principal cities 411 214 214 205 214 257 220 214 204 189 230 216 209 198
Outside principal cities 483 231 230 215 224 296 230 224 213 197 243 229 223 212
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 415 207 207 196 202 270 207 202 191 179 216 205 200 190
Region
Northeast 0 152 152 143 148 195 153 148 137 128 162 154 149 137
Midwest 0 165 164 155 162 217 165 162 154 143 173 162 160 151
South 0 234 234 219 228 297 233 228 219 202 246 231 226 216
West 0 189 189 181 188 230 196 188 179 165 205 191 183 174
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 229 287 286 268 278 376 287 278 267 253 303 291 283 271
18 to 24 years old 158 80 80 79 82 87 83 82 81 78 87 84 83 82
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 75 46 46 45 47 50 48 47 45 43 50 48 47 45
25 years old and over 254 257 256 236 245 352 254 245 233 220 269 259 249 237
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 156 154 154 143 149 208 157 149 140 131 164 157 149 138
High school graduate, no college 220 154 154 141 146 226 152 146 139 132 161 154 149 142
College: Less than bachelor's degree 203 115 115 105 109 163 113 109 104 98 122 117 113 108
Bachelor's degree or more 213 89 89 79 81 118 83 81 79 77 90 88 86 84
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years 327 256 256 244 255 296 262 255 245 231 276 264 256 246
Worked at full-time jobs 383 138 138 132 144 157 146 144 139 123 160 146 144 138
50 to 52 weeks 381 101 101 96 108 116 109 108 103 89 123 109 107 103
Worked at part-time jobs 225 107 106 102 109 124 112 109 105 99 118 113 110 106
Did not work 271 193 193 183 185 228 193 185 177 173 199 195 186 179
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 135 77 77 74 75 97 89 75 66 63 92 89 75 65
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 67 51 51 50 51 56 54 51 46 43 55 53 50 44
SSI 112 59 59 56 57 79 72 57 49 48 74 72 58 50
Food stamps 166 117 117 112 116 133 121 116 99 89 124 117 111 94
Housing assistance 91 62 62 62 63 77 66 63 50 46 67 65 61 47
Energy assistance 82 56 56 54 55 68 58 55 48 43 59 57 54 45
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 235 119 120 115 120 134 123 120 108 93 129 114 111 98
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 81 64 64 62 63 74 70 63 54 51 71 69 63 52
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 405 289 289 272 280 380 291 280 263 244 304 288 277 260
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 442 140 141 128 136 187 137 136 131 116 152 137 135 131
Medicare 285 135 134 111 113 264 122 113 101 100 131 130 121 110
Both Medicare and Medicaid 103 79 79 70 71 115 83 71 58 56 86 85 74 60
Medicaid 257 224 224 217 222 259 234 222 203 187 240 228 215 194
Not covered at any time during the year 290 204 204 196 206 222 207 206 202 188 218 204 203 198
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Race Footnotes