Poverty Data - Historical Poverty Tables: Poverty by Definition of Income Table 1A

Historical Poverty Tables - Poverty by Definition of Income (R&D) Table 1A

Year	Average threshold for a family of four people¹	CPI-U	CPI-U-X1²
2002	18,392	179.9	179.9
2001	18,104	177.1	177.1
2000	17,603	172.2	172.2
1999	17,029	166.6	166.6
1998	16,660	163.0	163.0
1997	16,400	160.5	160.5
1996	16,036	156.9	156.9
1995	15,569	152.4	152.4
1994	15,141	148.2	148.2
1993	14,763	144.5	144.5
1992	14,335	140.3	140.3
1991	13,924	136.2	136.2
1990	13,359	130.7	130.7
1989	12,674	124.0	124.0
1988	12,092	118.3	118.3
1987	11,611	113.6	113.6
1986	11,203	109.6	109.6
1985	10,989	107.6	107.6
1984	10,609	103.9	103.9
1983	10,178	99.6	99.6
1982	9,862	96.5	95.6
1981	9,287	90.9	90.1
1980	8,414	82.4	82.3
1979	7,412	72.6	74.0
1978	6,662	65.2	67.5
1977	6,191	60.6	63.2
1976	5,815	56.9	59.4
1975	5,500	53.8	56.2
1974	5,038	49.3	51.9
1973	4,540	44.4	47.2
1972	4,275	41.8	44.4
1971	4,137	40.5	43.1
1970	3,968	38.8	41.3
1969	3,743	36.7	39.4
1968	3,553	34.8	37.7
1967	3,410	33.4	36.3
1966	3,317	32.4	35.2
1965	3,223	31.5	34.2
1964	3,169	31.0	33.7
1963	3,128	30.6	33.3
1962	3,089	30.2	32.8
1961	3,054	29.9	32.5
1960	3,022	29.6	32.2
1959	2,973	29.1	31.6
1958	(NA)	28.9	31.4
1957	(NA)	28.1	30.5
1956	(NA)	27.2	29.6
1955	(NA)	26.8	29.1
1954	(NA)	26.9	29.2
1953	(NA)	26.7	29.0
1952	(NA)	26.5	28.8
1951	(NA)	26.0	28.3
1950	(NA)	24.1	26.2
1949	(NA)	23.8	25.9
1948	(NA)	24.1	26.2
1947	(NA)	22.3	24.2

(NA) - Not available