Historical Poverty Tables - Poverty by Definition of Income (R&D) Table 1
Table RDP-1. Weighted Average Poverty Thresholds for Families of Specified Size: 1968-2002 (CPI-U-X1)
Families of 2 people or more
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2 people
Unrelated individuals _____________________________
House- House-
_____________________________ holder holder
Calendar Under Aged 65 under aged 65 7 people 9 people
year All ages age 65 or older All ages age 65 or older 3 people 4 people 5 people 6 people or more 7 people 8 people or more
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1968........ $1,742 $1,791 $1,662 $2,255 $2,326 $2,095 $2,765 $3,542 $4,175 $4,691 $5,770 *** *** ***
1969........ 1,818 1,870 1,736 2,354 2,428 2,188 2,888 3,697 4,361 4,898 6,027 *** *** ***
1970........ 1,914 1,969 1,823 2,473 2,550 2,300 3,035 3,886 4,584 5,152 6,335 *** *** ***
1971........ 1,998 2,054 1,900 2,578 2,659 2,397 3,162 4,051 4,778 5,375 6,610 *** *** ***
1972........ 2,061 2,119 1,960 2,662 2,744 2,473 3,263 4,178 4,930 5,544 6,825 *** *** ***
1973........ 2,198 2,257 2,083 2,832 2,919 2,629 3,470 4,441 5,241 5,896 7,272 *** *** ***
1974........ 2,417 2,482 2,290 3,110 3,208 2,888 3,813 4,880 5,763 6,489 7,994 *** *** ***
1975........ 2,618 2,688 2,481 3,370 3,477 3,130 4,126 5,286 6,247 7,032 8,672 *** *** ***
1976........ 2,770 2,842 2,622 3,565 3,675 3,309 4,361 5,586 6,605 7,454 9,210 *** *** ***
1977........ 2,951 3,025 2,789 3,791 3,907 3,518 4,638 5,941 7,024 7,927 9,803 *** *** ***
1978........ 3,154 3,231 2,979 4,047 4,175 3,757 4,954 6,346 7,506 8,469 10,480 *** *** ***
1979........ 3,460 3,543 3,263 4,431 4,575 4,117 5,425 6,951 8,230 9,298 11,517 *** *** ***
1980........ 3,851 3,942 3,629 4,929 5,088 4,579 6,033 7,732 9,159 10,356 12,825 $11,727 $13,049 $15,527
1981........ 4,213 4,313 3,975 5,396 5,573 5,014 6,612 8,470 10,039 11,354 *** 12,868 14,278 16,938
1982........ 4,467 4,575 4,217 5,725 5,913 5,320 7,012 8,989 10,650 12,039 *** 13,706 15,240 17,955
1983........ 4,657 4,766 4,394 5,965 6,162 5,542 7,304 9,365 11,086 12,541 *** 14,262 15,798 18,687
1984........ 4,856 4,969 4,581 6,222 6,425 5,780 7,616 9,761 11,562 13,072 *** 14,810 16,526 19,550
1985........ 5,032 5,146 4,744 6,439 6,653 5,983 7,888 10,111 11,968 13,522 *** 15,325 17,033 20,319
1986........ 5,127 5,246 4,835 6,568 6,783 6,100 8,039 10,308 12,200 13,789 *** 15,687 17,290 20,700
1987........ 5,316 5,437 5,012 6,806 7,031 6,323 8,333 10,683 12,640 14,270 *** 16,239 17,956 21,259
1988........ 5,541 5,663 5,221 7,089 7,322 6,585 8,681 11,126 13,161 14,856 *** 16,775 18,635 22,201
1989........ 5,806 5,936 5,472 7,431 7,676 6,902 9,095 11,661 13,792 15,569 *** 17,631 19,624 23,444
1990........ 6,121 6,257 5,767 7,829 8,091 7,273 9,587 12,292 14,530 16,414 *** 18,624 20,778 24,703
1991........ 6,378 6,520 6,010 8,157 8,433 7,583 9,992 12,812 15,141 17,102 *** 19,376 21,698 25,710
1992........ 6,572 6,716 6,191 8,407 8,689 7,809 10,292 13,190 15,598 17,608 *** 19,869 22,131 26,449
1993........ 6,775 6,917 6,376 8,662 8,951 8,042 10,602 13,584 16,055 18,143 *** 20,595 22,854 27,170
1994........ 6,944 7,094 6,540 8,889 9,179 8,251 10,877 13,931 16,470 18,618 *** 21,092 23,396 27,879
1995........ 7,143 7,296 6,725 9,139 9,439 8,482 11,187 14,325 16,937 19,142 *** 21,670 24,141 28,781
1996........ 7,356 7,511 6,924 9,415 9,720 8,733 11,516 14,755 17,438 19,680 *** 22,329 24,927 29,417
1997........ 7,529 7,683 7,083 9,636 9,942 8,936 11,779 15,090 17,832 20,138 *** 22,821 25,389 29,964
1998........ 7,652 7,803 7,193 9,784 10,095 9,074 11,964 15,329 18,108 20,452 *** 23,239 25,916 30,676
1999....... 7,822 7,975 7,352 10,001 10,318 9,270 12,228 15,669 18,519 20,911 *** 23,842 26,653 31,667
1999 11/.... 7,820 7,975 7,352 9,996 10,317 9,270 12,227 15,669 18,520 20,914 *** 23,847 26,656 31,685
2000 12/.... 8,089 8,243 7,599 10,337 10,663 9,586 12,642 16,198 19,152 21,653 *** 24,613 27,328 32,342
2001........ 8,317 8,478 7,815 10,645 10,968 9,859 12,999 16,658 19,695 22,262 *** 25,319 28,180 33,387
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