Number and Percent of Persons in Poverty, by Definition of Income: 2000 (Revised)

(Poverty Thresholds Based on CPI-U-X1)

Total number of persons was 275,924,000 in 2000. Based on a November 2001 correction.

Definition of income	Number Below Poverty (1,000)	Poverty Rate
IN POVERTY
Income before taxes:
1. Money income excluding capital gains (current measure)......	27,923	10.1
1a. Money income less taxes without EIC......	29,900	10.8
1b. Money income less taxes with EIC......	25,812	9.4
2. Definition 1 less government cash transfers......	48,006	17.4
3. Definition 2 plus capital gains......	47,574	17.2
4. Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income......	46,002	16.7
Income after taxes:
5. Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes......	47,942	17.4
6. Definition 5 less federal income taxes (excluding the EIC)......	48,352	17.5
7. Definition 6 plus the earned income credit (EIC)......	44,627	16.2
8. Definition 7 less State income taxes.......	44,952	16.3
9. Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers......	27,139	9.8
10. Definition 9 plus the value of medicare......	26,472	9.6
11. Definition 10 plus the value of regular-price school lunches......	26,466	9.6
12.Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers......	24,382	8.8
13. Definition 12 plus the value of medicaid......	23,375	8.5
14. Definition 13 plus the value of other means-tested government noncash transfers......	20,683	7.5
14a.Definition 13 plus the value of other means-tested government noncash transfers less medical programs......	21,314	7.7
15. Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home......	18,654	6.8

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001. .

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