Historical Poverty Tables - Average Poverty Thresholds
Table 1. Weighted Average Poverty Thresholds for Families of Specified Sizes:
1959 to 2006
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2 people
Unrelated individuals _____________________________
House- House-
_____________________________ holder holder
Calendar Under Aged 65 under aged 65
year All ages age 65 or older All ages age 65 or older
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1959........ $1,467 $1,503 $1,397 $1,894 $1,952 $1,761
1960........ 1,490 1,526 1,418 1,924 1,982 1,788
1961........ 1,506 1,545 1,433 1,942 2,005 1,808
1962........ 1,519 1,562 1,451 1,962 2,027 1,828
1963........ 1,539 1,581 1,470 1,988 2,052 1,850
1964........ 1,558 1,601 1,488 2,015 2,079 1,875
1965........ 1,582 1,626 1,512 2,048 2,114 1,906
1966........ 1,628 1,674 1,556 2,107 2,175 1,961
1967........ 1,675 1,722 1,600 2,168 2,238 2,017
1968........ 1,748 1,797 1,667 2,262 2,333 2,102
1969........ 1,840 1,893 1,757 2,383 2,458 2,215
1970........ 1,954 2,010 1,861 2,525 2,604 2,348
1971........ 2,040 2,098 1,940 2,633 2,716 2,448
1972........ 2,109 2,168 2,005 2,724 2,808 2,530
1973........ 2,247 2,307 2,130 2,895 2,984 2,688
1974........ 2,495 2,562 2,364 3,211 3,312 2,982
1975........ 2,724 2,797 2,581 3,506 3,617 3,257
1976........ 2,884 2,959 2,730 3,711 3,826 3,445
1977........ 3,075 3,152 2,906 3,951 4,072 3,666
1978........ 3,311 3,392 3,127 4,249 4,383 3,944
1979........ 3,689 3,778 3,479 4,725 4,878 4,390
1980........ 4,190 4,290 3,949 5,363 5,537 4,983
1981........ 4,620 4,729 4,359 5,917 6,111 5,498
1982........ 4,901 5,019 4,626 6,281 6,487 5,836
1983........ 5,061 5,180 4,775 6,483 6,697 6,023
1984........ 5,278 5,400 4,979 6,762 6,983 6,282
1985........ 5,469 5,593 5,156 6,998 7,231 6,503
1986........ 5,572 5,701 5,255 7,138 7,372 6,630
1987........ 5,778 5,909 5,447 7,397 7,641 6,872
1988........ 6,022 6,155 5,674 7,704 7,958 7,157
1989........ 6,310 6,451 5,947 8,076 8,343 7,501
1990........ 6,652 6,800 6,268 8,509 8,794 7,905
1991........ 6,932 7,086 6,532 8,865 9,165 8,241
1992........ 7,143 7,299 6,729 9,137 9,443 8,487
1993........ 7,363 7,518 6,930 9,414 9,728 8,740
1994........ 7,547 7,710 7,108 9,661 9,976 8,967
1995........ 7,763 7,929 7,309 9,933 10,259 9,219
1996........ 7,995 8,163 7,525 10,233 10,564 9,491
1997........ 8,183 8,350 7,698 10,473 10,805 9,712
1998........ 8,316 8,480 7,818 10,634 10,972 9,862
1999 11/.... 8,499 8,667 7,990 10,864 11,213 10,075
2000 12/.... 8,791 8,959 8,259 11,235 11,589 10,418
2001........ 9,039 9,214 8,494 11,569 11,920 10,715
2002........ 9,183 9,359 8,628 11,756 12,110 10,885
2003........ 9,393 9,573 8,825 12,015 12,384 11,133
2004 14/.... 9,646 9,827 9,060 12,335 12,714 11,430
2005........ 9,973 10,160 9,367 12,755 13,145 11,815
2006........ 10,294 10,488 9,669 13,167 13,569 12,201
Table 1. Weighted Average Poverty Thresholds for Families of Specified Sized:
1959 to 2006
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Families of 3 people or more
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Calendar 7 people
year 3 people 4 people 5 people 6 people or more
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1959..... $2,324 $2,973 $3,506 $3,944 $4,849
1960..... 2,359 3,022 3,560 4,002 4,921
1961..... 2,383 3,054 3,597 4,041 4,967
1962..... 2,412 3,089 3,639 4,088 5,032
1963..... 2,442 3,128 3,685 4,135 5,092
1964..... 2,473 3,169 3,732 4,193 5,156
1965..... 2,514 3,223 3,797 4,264 5,248
1966..... 2,588 3,317 3,908 4,388 5,395
1967..... 2,661 3,410 4,019 4,516 5,550
1968..... 2,774 3,553 4,188 4,706 5,789
1969..... 2,924 3,743 4,415 4,958 6,101
1970..... 3,099 3,968 4,680 5,260 6,468
1971..... 3,229 4,137 4,880 5,489 6,751
1972..... 3,339 4,275 5,044 5,673 6,983
1973..... 3,548 4,540 5,358 6,028 7,435
1974..... 3,936 5,038 5,950 6,699 8,253
1975..... 4,293 5,500 6,499 7,316 9,022
1976..... 4,540 5,815 6,876 7,760 9,588
1977..... 4,833 6,191 7,320 8,261 10,216
1978..... 5,201 6,662 7,880 8,891 11,002
1979..... 5,784 7,412 8,775 9,914 12,280
1980..... 6,565 8,414 9,966 11,269 13,955
1981..... 7,250 9,287 11,007 12,449 ***
1982..... 7,693 9,862 11,684 13,207 ***
1983..... 7,938 10,178 12,049 13,630 ***
1984..... 8,277 10,609 12,566 14,207 ***
1985..... 8,573 10,989 13,007 14,696 ***
1986..... 8,737 11,203 13,259 14,986 ***
1987..... 9,056 11,611 13,737 15,509 ***
1988..... 9,435 12,092 14,304 16,146 ***
1989..... 9,885 12,674 14,990 16,921 ***
1990..... 10,419 13,359 15,792 17,839 ***
1991..... 10,860 13,924 16,456 18,587 ***
1992..... 11,186 14,335 16,952 19,137 ***
1993..... 11,522 14,763 17,449 19,718 ***
1994..... 11,821 15,141 17,900 20,235 ***
1995..... 12,158 15,569 18,408 20,804 ***
1996..... 12,516 16,036 18,952 21,389 ***
1997..... 12,802 16,400 19,380 21,886 ***
1998..... 13,003 16,660 19,680 22,228 ***
1999 11/. 13,289 17,030 20,128 22,730 ***
2000 12/. 13,740 17,604 20,815 23,533 ***
2001..... 14,128 18,104 21,405 24,195 ***
2002..... 14,348 18,392 21,744 24,576 ***
2003..... 14,680 18,810 22,245 25,122 ***
2004 14/. 15,066 19,307 22,830 25,787 ***
2005..... 15,577 19,971 23,613 26,683 ***
2006..... 16,079 20,614 24,382 27,560 ***
Table 1. Weighted Average Poverty Thresholds for Families of Specified Sized:
1959 to 2006
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Annual
average
Families of 3 people or more CPI, all
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Calendar 9 people (1982-84
year 7 people 8 people or more =100) B/
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1959..... *** *** *** 29.2
1960..... *** *** *** 29.6
1961..... *** *** *** 29.9
1962..... *** *** *** 30.3
1963..... *** *** *** 30.6
1964..... *** *** *** 31.0
1965..... *** *** *** 31.5
1966..... *** *** *** 32.5
1967..... *** *** *** 33.4
1968..... *** *** *** 34.8
1969..... *** *** *** 36.7
1970..... *** *** *** 38.8
1971..... *** *** *** 40.5
1972..... *** *** *** 41.8
1973..... *** *** *** 44.4
1974..... *** *** *** 49.3
1975..... *** *** *** 53.8
1976..... *** *** *** 56.9
1977..... *** *** *** 60.6
1978..... *** *** *** 65.2
1979..... *** *** *** 72.6
1980..... $12,761 $14,199 $16,896 82.4
1981..... 14,110 15,655 18,572 90.9
1982..... 15,036 16,719 19,698 96.5
1983..... 15,500 17,170 20,310 99.6
1984..... 16,096 17,961 21,247 103.9
1985..... 16,656 18,512 22,083 107.6
1986..... 17,049 18,791 22,497 109.6
1987..... 17,649 19,515 23,105 113.6
1988..... 18,232 20,253 24,129 118.3
1989..... 19,162 21,328 25,480 124.0
1990..... 20,241 22,582 26,848 130.7
1991..... 21,058 23,582 27,942 136.2
1992..... 21,594 24,053 28,745 140.3
1993..... 22,383 24,838 29,529 144.5
1994..... 22,923 25,427 30,300 148.2
1995..... 23,552 26,237 31,280 152.4
1996..... 24,268 27,091 31,971 156.9
1997..... 24,802 27,593 32,566 160.5
1998..... 25,257 28,166 33,339 163.0
1999 11/. 25,918 28,970 34,436 166.6
2000 12/. 26,750 29,701 35,150 172.2
2001..... 27,517 30,627 36,286 177.1
2002..... 28,001 30,907 37,062 179.9
2003..... 28,544 31,589 37,656 184.0
2004 14/. 29,233 32,641 39,062 188.9
2005..... 30,249 33,610 40,288 195.3
2006..... 31,205 34,774 41,499 201.6
Footnotes
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Poverty and Health Statistics Branch/HHES Division
U. S. Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Washington, DC 20233-8500
(301) 763-3242
