Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)

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Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)

(All Races)

Characteristics	Total (thousands)	Money Income			Before taxes			After taxes
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Definition 1 less taxes plus capital gains (losses)		Money income		Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income 4	Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Withough EIC 1a	With EIC 1b	Definition 1 less government transfers 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (losses) 3		Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
All Races
Total	285317	12.1	13.2	11.6	20.0	20.0	19.3	20.3	20.3	18.9
Age
Under 18 years	72696	16.7	18.3	15.0	19.7	19.7	18.4	19.9	19.8	16.9
Related children	71619	16.3	17.8	14.6	19.3	19.2	18.0	19.4	19.4	16.5
Under 6 years	23247	18.5	20.0	16.6	20.8	20.8	19.6	21.1	21.0	18.0
18 to 24 years	27438	16.5	18.2	16.8	19.3	19.3	18.5	20.0	20.2	18.8
25 to 44 years	83316	10.5	11.6	10.0	13.3	13.2	12.6	13.6	13.6	12.1
45 to 64 years	67633	8.2	8.8	8.4	14.0	14.0	13.6	14.2	14.3	13.9
65 years and over	34234	10.4	10.6	10.5	49.9	49.7	49.4	49.9	50.0	49.9
65 to 74 years	18111	9.4	9.5	9.4	42.6	42.4	42.0	42.6	42.7	42.5
75 years and over	16123	11.7	11.8	11.8	58.1	57.9	57.7	58.0	58.1	58.1
Family Relationship
In families	236921	10.4	11.3	9.5	16.8	16.7	15.9	16.9	17.0	15.3
Married-couple families	183365	6.1	6.8	5.7	12.1	12.1	11.5	12.2	12.2	11.2
With related children under 18	113970	7.5	8.6	6.8	9.4	9.3	8.6	9.5	9.5	7.8
Female hhlder, no husband present	40529	28.8	30.7	26.1	37.0	37.0	35.2	37.4	37.4	33.1
With related children under 18	29999	35.2	37.6	31.5	41.7	41.7	39.6	42.1	42.0	36.4
Unrelated individuals	47156	20.4	21.7	21.7	35.9	35.9	35.7	36.6	36.9	36.8
Living alone	29497	17.8	18.6	18.6	39.9	40.0	39.8	40.4	40.5	40.5
65 years and over	10557	19.3	19.4	19.4	69.3	69.4	69.3	69.4	69.5	69.5
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	232738	11.6	12.6	11.2	18.9	18.9	18.2	19.1	19.2	17.8
Inside central cities	82653	16.7	18.1	16.0	24.6	24.5	23.7	25.0	25.0	23.2
Outside central cities	150085	8.9	9.6	8.5	15.8	15.7	15.1	15.9	15.9	14.8
Outside metropolitan areas	52579	14.2	15.4	13.7	25.1	25.1	24.3	25.5	25.5	23.9
Region
Northeast	54023	10.9	11.7	10.3	19.2	19.2	18.4	19.2	19.3	18.0
Midwest	64472	10.3	11.1	10.1	18.1	18.1	17.5	18.3	18.3	17.3
South	101575	13.8	15.0	13.2	22.2	22.1	21.4	22.6	22.6	21.0
West	65248	12.4	13.5	11.8	19.3	19.3	18.5	19.6	19.6	18.1

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(all races)

Characteristics	After taxes
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers 9	Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers 12	Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Definition 12 plus medicaid 13		Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home 15
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8		Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11		Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Noncash transfers 14	Noncash transfers less medical programs 15
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
All Races
Total	19.1	11.9	11.6	11.6	10.9	10.3	9.4	9.9	8.6
Age
Under 18 years	17.0	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.1	13.1	11.4	12.1	11.0
Related children	16.6	14.5	14.4	14.4	13.7	12.7	11.0	11.7	10.6
Under 6 years	18.1	16.5	16.4	16.4	15.7	14.5	12.9	13.9	12.7
18 to 24 years	19.0	16.7	16.5	16.5	16.0	15.4	14.7	15.3	14.4
25 to 44 years	12.2	10.2	10.0	10.0	9.4	8.9	8.0	8.5	7.8
45 to 64 years	14.0	9.0	8.7	8.7	8.0	7.6	7.1	7.4	6.2
65 years and over	50.0	11.6	10.5	10.5	9.5	9.4	8.6	9.0	5.7
65 to 74 years	42.7	10.4	9.3	9.3	8.4	8.3	7.4	7.9	5.1
75 years and over	58.2	12.8	11.8	11.8	10.8	10.7	9.9	10.2	6.4
Family Relationship
In families	15.4	9.7	9.5	9.5	8.9	8.3	7.4	7.9	6.9
Married-couple families	11.3	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.2	4.8	4.3	4.7	3.9
With related children under 18	7.9	6.6	6.4	6.4	6.1	5.5	4.8	5.4	4.6
Female hhlder, no husband present	33.2	27.2	26.9	26.9	25.1	23.6	20.7	21.4	19.8
With related children under 18	36.6	32.3	32.0	32.0	30.3	28.4	24.6	25.4	23.9
Unrelated individuals	37.1	22.3	21.4	21.4	20.5	20.0	18.7	19.3	16.7
Living alone	40.7	19.5	18.7	18.7	17.6	17.3	15.4	15.5	12.4
65 years and over	69.7	20.8	19.2	19.2	17.9	17.7	15.5	15.5	9.5
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	17.9	11.4	11.1	11.1	10.5	9.9	9.0	9.5	8.4
Inside central cities	23.3	16.5	16.1	16.1	15.1	14.2	12.9	13.5	12.3
Outside central cities	14.9	8.6	8.4	8.4	7.9	7.5	6.9	7.3	6.2
Outside metropolitan areas	24.1	14.1	13.7	13.7	12.9	12.3	11.1	11.6	9.7
Region
Northeast	18.2	10.8	10.5	10.5	9.6	9.0	7.9	8.3	7.4
Midwest	17.4	10.0	9.7	9.7	9.4	9.0	8.2	8.6	7.7
South	21.1	13.5	13.1	13.1	12.6	12.0	11.0	11.5	10.0
West	18.2	12.3	12.0	12.0	11.0	10.2	9.2	9.8	8.4

Table 5. Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(White Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C))

Characteristics	Total (thousands)	Money Income			Before taxes			After taxes
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Definition 1 less taxes plus capital gains (losses)		Money income		Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income 4	Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Withough EIC 1a	With EIC 1b	Definition 1 less government transfers 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (losses) 3		Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
White A.O.I.C.
Total	234584	10.3	11.2	9.9	18.4	18.3	17.7	18.6	18.7	17.5
Age
Under 18 years	57628	13.6	15.1	12.2	16.2	16.2	15.2	16.4	16.4	13.8
Related children	56791	13.2	14.6	11.7	15.8	15.7	14.7	16.0	15.9	13.4
Under 6 years	18476	15.3	16.8	13.5	17.3	17.3	16.2	17.6	17.5	14.7
18 to 24 years	21976	14.4	16.0	14.8	16.8	16.8	16.2	17.6	17.8	16.6
25 to 44 years	67541	9.2	10.2	8.7	11.7	11.7	11.1	12.0	12.0	10.7
45 to 64 years	57255	7.1	7.7	7.3	12.6	12.6	12.2	12.8	12.9	12.6
65 years and over	30183	9.2	9.3	9.2	49.5	49.3	49.1	49.5	49.6	49.5
65 to 74 years	15695	7.9	8.0	7.9	41.8	41.7	41.3	41.9	42.0	41.8
75 years and over	14488	10.5	10.7	10.6	57.9	57.6	57.5	57.8	57.9	57.8
Family Relationship
In families	194422	8.5	9.4	7.8	15.0	14.9	14.2	15.1	15.1	13.7
Married-couple families	158766	5.8	6.5	5.4	11.8	11.8	11.2	11.9	11.9	10.9
With related children under 18	96982	7.2	8.2	6.5	8.8	8.8	8.0	8.9	8.9	7.4
Female hhlder, no husband present	25786	24.2	25.9	21.6	33.1	32.8	31.6	33.5	33.5	29.4
With related children under 18	18327	30.7	32.9	26.9	37.4	37.2	35.7	37.9	37.8	32.3
Unrelated individuals	39144	18.5	19.8	19.8	35.0	35.0	34.8	35.7	35.9	35.9
Living alone	24447	15.7	16.5	16.5	39.4	39.5	39.3	39.9	40.0	40.0
65 years and over	9354	17.1	17.2	17.2	68.2	68.3	68.2	68.3	68.4	68.4
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	187604	9.8	10.7	9.4	17.2	17.1	16.5	17.4	17.5	16.3
Inside central cities	58150	13.7	15.0	13.2	21.7	21.6	21.0	22.1	22.2	20.7
Outside central cities	129454	8.0	8.8	7.7	15.2	15.1	14.6	15.3	15.3	14.3
Outside metropolitan areas	46980	12.2	13.4	11.8	23.1	23.2	22.5	23.6	23.6	22.1
Region
Northeast	44728	9.0	9.8	8.7	17.8	17.8	17.1	17.9	17.9	16.9
Midwest	56178	8.1	9.0	8.1	16.0	16.0	15.4	16.2	16.2	15.3
South	78924	11.1	12.2	10.6	19.8	19.8	19.2	20.2	20.3	18.9
West	54754	12.2	13.3	11.5	19.2	19.1	18.4	19.5	19.5	18.0

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(White Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C))

Characteristics	After taxes
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers 9	Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers 12	Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Definition 12 plus medicaid 13		Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home 15
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8		Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11		Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Noncash transfers 14	Noncash transfers less medical programs 15
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
White A.O.I.C.
Total	17.6	10.1	9.8	9.8	9.3	8.8	8.1	8.5	7.4
Age
Under 18 years	13.9	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.5	10.6	9.3	10.0	9.0
Related children	13.5	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.0	10.2	8.9	9.5	8.6
Under 6 years	14.8	13.5	13.4	13.3	12.8	11.7	10.4	11.4	10.2
18 to 24 years	16.8	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.2	13.7	13.2	13.7	13.0
25 to 44 years	10.8	8.8	8.7	8.6	8.2	7.8	7.1	7.5	6.9
45 to 64 years	12.7	7.8	7.6	7.6	6.9	6.7	6.2	6.5	5.4
65 years and over	49.6	10.0	9.1	9.1	8.4	8.3	7.6	8.0	5.0
65 to 74 years	42.0	8.8	7.8	7.8	7.1	7.0	6.3	6.8	4.3
75 years and over	57.9	11.4	10.5	10.5	9.8	9.7	9.1	9.3	5.7
Family Relationship
In families	13.8	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.3	6.8	6.1	6.5	5.7
Married-couple families	11.0	5.4	5.2	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.1	4.5	3.7
With related children under 18	7.5	6.3	6.2	6.2	5.9	5.3	4.7	5.2	4.5
Female hhlder, no husband present	29.5	22.7	22.5	22.5	20.9	19.9	17.5	18.0	16.6
With related children under 18	32.4	27.8	27.6	27.6	26.1	24.7	21.4	22.2	20.7
Unrelated individuals	36.2	20.3	19.6	19.6	18.7	18.3	17.3	17.8	15.4
Living alone	40.2	17.3	16.6	16.6	15.6	15.3	13.9	13.9	11.0
65 years and over	68.6	18.4	17.0	17.0	16.1	15.9	14.1	14.1	8.6
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	16.4	9.6	9.3	9.3	8.8	8.4	7.7	8.1	7.1
Inside central cities	20.8	13.7	13.3	13.3	12.5	11.8	10.9	11.4	10.5
Outside central cities	14.4	7.7	7.5	7.5	7.2	6.8	6.3	6.6	5.6
Outside metropolitan areas	22.4	12.1	11.7	11.7	11.1	10.6	9.6	10.1	8.4
Region
Northeast	17.1	9.1	8.9	8.9	8.1	7.6	6.8	7.1	6.3
Midwest	15.5	8.0	7.8	7.8	7.5	7.2	6.7	7.0	6.2
South	19.0	10.9	10.6	10.6	10.2	9.9	9.1	9.6	8.2
West	18.1	11.9	11.6	11.6	10.7	10.0	9.0	9.7	8.3

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(White Alone)

Characteristics	Total (thousands)	Money Income			Before taxes			After taxes
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Definition 1 less taxes plus capital gains (losses)		Money income		Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income 4	Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Withough EIC 1a	With EIC 1b	Definition 1 less government transfers 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (losses) 3		Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
White alone
Total	230376	10.2	11.1	9.8	18.3	18.3	17.7	18.6	18.6	17.4
Age
Under 18 years	55703	13.6	15.0	12.1	16.0	16.0	15.0	16.3	16.2	13.6
Related children	54900	13.1	14.5	11.6	15.6	15.6	14.6	15.8	15.7	13.2
Under 6 years	17781	15.1	16.6	13.3	17.1	17.1	16.1	17.4	17.4	14.5
18 to 24 years	21486	14.4	16.0	14.8	16.8	16.8	16.1	17.6	17.8	16.6
25 to 44 years	66576	9.1	10.1	8.6	11.7	11.6	11.0	11.9	12.0	10.6
45 to 64 years	56632	7.1	7.6	7.3	12.6	12.5	12.2	12.7	12.8	12.5
65 years and over	29980	9.1	9.3	9.2	49.5	49.3	49.0	49.5	49.6	49.5
65 to 74 years	15569	7.9	8.0	7.9	41.8	41.6	41.2	41.8	41.9	41.8
75 years and over	14411	10.5	10.6	10.6	57.9	57.6	57.5	57.8	57.9	57.8
Family Relationship
In families	190823	8.4	9.3	7.7	14.9	14.8	14.2	15.0	15.1	13.6
Married-couple families	156337	5.8	6.5	5.4	11.9	11.8	11.2	11.9	11.9	11.0
With related children under 18	95033	7.2	8.2	6.5	8.8	8.8	8.0	8.9	8.9	7.4
Female hhlder, no husband present	24903	24.1	25.7	21.4	32.8	32.6	31.4	33.2	33.2	29.2
With related children under 18	17576	30.7	32.7	26.8	37.1	37.0	35.5	37.7	37.5	32.1
Unrelated individuals	38575	18.4	19.7	19.7	34.9	35.0	34.7	35.7	35.9	35.9
Living alone	24153	15.6	16.4	16.4	39.4	39.5	39.3	39.8	40.0	40.0
65 years and over	9297	17.1	17.2	17.2	68.2	68.3	68.2	68.3	68.4	68.4
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	184163	9.7	10.6	9.3	17.2	17.1	16.5	17.4	17.4	16.3
Inside central cities	56772	13.6	14.9	13.2	21.7	21.6	21.0	22.1	22.2	20.7
Outside central cities	127392	8.0	8.7	7.6	15.1	15.1	14.5	15.2	15.3	14.3
Outside metropolitan areas	46213	12.1	13.2	11.6	23.0	23.1	22.4	23.4	23.5	22.1
Region
Northeast	44211	8.9	9.6	8.6	17.7	17.7	17.0	17.7	17.8	16.8
Midwest	55437	8.1	8.9	8.0	15.9	15.9	15.4	16.1	16.2	15.3
South	77635	11.1	12.2	10.6	19.9	19.8	19.3	20.3	20.3	18.9
West	53092	12.1	13.2	11.4	19.2	19.1	18.4	19.4	19.5	17.9

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised) (White Alone)

Characteristics	After taxes
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers 9	Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers 12	Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Definition 12 plus medicaid 13		Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home 15
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8		Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11		Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Noncash transfers 14	Noncash transfers less medical programs 15
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
White Alone
Total	17.6	10.0	9.7	9.7	9.2	8.8	8.0	8.5	7.3
Age
Under 18 years	13.8	12.0	11.8	11.8	11.4	10.6	9.3	9.9	9.0
Related children	13.3	11.5	11.4	11.4	10.9	10.2	8.9	9.5	8.6
Under 6 years	14.6	13.3	13.2	13.2	12.7	11.6	10.4	11.4	10.1
18 to 24 years	16.9	14.8	14.7	14.6	14.2	13.7	13.3	13.7	13.0
25 to 44 years	10.7	8.7	8.6	8.6	8.1	7.7	7.0	7.4	6.9
45 to 64 years	12.6	7.7	7.5	7.5	6.9	6.6	6.2	6.5	5.4
65 years and over	49.6	10.0	9.0	9.0	8.4	8.3	7.6	8.0	4.9
65 to 74 years	41.9	8.7	7.7	7.7	7.1	6.9	6.3	6.7	4.3
75 years and over	57.9	11.4	10.5	10.5	9.8	9.7	9.1	9.3	5.7
Family Relationship
In families	13.7	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.2	6.8	6.1	6.5	5.7
Married-couple families	11.1	5.4	5.2	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.1	4.5	3.8
With related children under 18	7.5	6.3	6.2	6.2	5.9	5.3	4.7	5.2	4.6
Female hhlder, no husband present	29.3	22.5	22.3	22.3	20.8	19.8	17.5	18.1	16.5
With related children under 18	32.2	27.6	27.4	27.4	26.1	24.7	21.5	22.3	20.8
Unrelated individuals	36.1	20.2	19.4	19.4	18.6	18.2	17.2	17.7	15.3
Living alone	40.2	17.2	16.5	16.5	15.5	15.3	13.8	13.8	10.9
65 years and over	68.6	18.4	17.0	17.0	16.1	15.9	14.1	14.1	8.6
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	16.4	9.5	9.3	9.3	8.8	8.3	7.7	8.1	7.1
Inside central cities	20.8	13.6	13.3	13.3	12.5	11.8	10.9	11.4	10.5
Outside central cities	14.4	7.7	7.5	7.5	7.1	6.8	6.2	6.6	5.6
Outside metropolitan areas	22.3	12.0	11.6	11.6	11.0	10.5	9.6	10.0	8.3
Region
Northeast	17.0	9.0	8.7	8.7	8.0	7.4	6.8	7.0	6.3
Midwest	15.5	7.9	7.7	7.7	7.5	7.2	6.7	6.9	6.1
South	19.0	10.8	10.5	10.5	10.2	9.9	9.1	9.6	8.2
West	18.0	11.8	11.5	11.5	10.7	9.9	9.0	9.6	8.2

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(White Alone, not Hispanic)

Characteristics	Total (thousands)	Money Income			Before taxes			After taxes
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Definition 1 less taxes plus capital gains (losses)		Money income		Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income 4	Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Withough EIC 1a	With EIC 1b	Definition 1 less government transfers 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (losses) 3		Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
White Alone, not Hispanic
Total	194144	8.0	8.7	7.8	16.8	16.7	16.3	16.9	17.0	16.1
Age
Under 18 years	43614	9.4	10.4	8.4	11.7	11.8	11.0	11.8	11.8	9.9
Related children	43017	8.9	9.9	8.0	11.3	11.3	10.6	11.3	11.3	9.4
Under 6 years	13488	10.9	11.9	9.6	12.7	12.7	11.9	12.7	12.7	10.7
18 to 24 years	17042	12.7	14.1	13.2	15.2	15.1	14.7	15.9	16.0	15.2
25 to 44 years	54226	7.1	7.8	6.8	9.5	9.5	9.1	9.7	9.7	8.8
45 to 64 years	51243	6.2	6.6	6.4	11.5	11.5	11.2	11.7	11.8	11.6
65 years and over	28018	8.3	8.4	8.3	49.1	48.9	48.7	49.1	49.2	49.1
65 to 74 years	14404	6.9	6.9	6.9	40.8	40.7	40.3	40.9	41.0	40.9
75 years and over	13615	9.8	9.9	9.9	57.9	57.6	57.5	57.7	57.8	57.8
Family Relationship
In families	158764	5.9	6.5	5.5	12.7	12.7	12.2	12.8	12.8	11.8
Married-couple families	133276	3.8	4.3	3.6	10.2	10.2	9.8	10.2	10.3	9.6
With related children under 18	76697	4.3	5.1	4.0	5.7	5.8	5.2	5.8	5.8	4.8
Female hhlder, no husband present	18664	20.0	21.2	17.7	29.6	29.4	28.3	29.7	29.8	26.2
With related children under 18	12520	26.2	27.8	22.6	33.4	33.3	31.8	33.5	33.3	28.4
Unrelated individuals	34614	17.2	18.3	18.3	34.8	34.9	34.6	35.5	35.7	35.7
Living alone	22686	14.9	15.6	15.6	39.3	39.4	39.2	39.7	39.9	39.9
65 years and over	8955	16.1	16.2	16.2	67.6	67.7	67.7	67.8	67.8	67.8
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	151133	7.2	7.8	7.0	15.2	15.1	14.7	15.3	15.3	14.6
Inside central cities	40470	9.1	9.8	9.2	18.3	18.2	17.9	18.4	18.5	17.9
Outside central cities	110663	6.5	7.0	6.2	14.0	14.0	13.5	14.1	14.2	13.4
Outside metropolitan areas	43011	11.0	12.0	10.7	22.3	22.4	21.8	22.8	22.8	21.6
Region
Northeast	39591	7.1	7.7	6.9	16.2	16.2	15.6	16.2	16.3	15.6
Midwest	52240	7.3	8.1	7.3	15.5	15.4	15.0	15.6	15.7	15.0
South	64699	8.9	9.7	8.6	18.3	18.2	17.8	18.5	18.6	17.6
West	37613	8.4	9.0	8.2	16.6	16.5	16.1	16.7	16.8	15.8

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics:2002 (Revised) (White Alone, not Hispanic)

Characteristics	After taxes
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers 9	Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers 12	Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Definition 12 plus medicaid 13		Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home 15
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8		Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11		Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Noncash transfers 14	Noncash transfers less medical programs 15
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
White Alone, not Hispanic
Total	16.3	8.1	7.8	7.8	7.4	7.1	6.5	6.8	5.8
Age
Under 18 years	10.0	8.3	8.2	8.2	7.9	7.3	6.5	6.9	6.2
Related children	9.6	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.5	6.9	6.1	6.5	5.8
Under 6 years	10.8	9.7	9.5	9.5	9.1	8.2	7.3	8.2	7.2
18 to 24 years	15.5	13.2	13.1	13.1	12.8	12.4	12.1	12.4	11.8
25 to 44 years	8.9	7.0	6.8	6.8	6.4	6.1	5.6	5.9	5.5
45 to 64 years	11.7	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.1	5.8	5.5	5.7	4.7
65 years and over	49.2	9.0	8.2	8.2	7.6	7.5	7.0	7.3	4.4
65 to 74 years	41.0	7.5	6.7	6.7	6.2	6.1	5.5	5.8	3.6
75 years and over	57.9	10.5	9.7	9.7	9.1	9.1	8.5	8.8	5.3
Family Relationship
In families	11.9	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.1	4.8	4.4	4.7	4.0
Married-couple families	9.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.1	2.9	3.1	2.6
With related children under 18	4.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.2	2.9	3.2	2.9
Female hhlder, no husband present	26.4	18.8	18.6	18.6	17.2	16.4	14.4	14.9	13.3
With related children under 18	28.6	23.5	23.3	23.3	22.0	20.8	17.9	18.7	17.1
Unrelated individuals	35.9	18.8	18.1	18.1	17.3	16.9	15.9	16.4	13.9
Living alone	40.1	16.3	15.6	15.6	14.7	14.6	13.2	13.2	10.3
65 years and over	68.0	17.3	16.1	16.1	15.2	15.0	13.4	13.4	8.1
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	14.7	7.2	7.0	7.0	6.6	6.3	5.9	6.2	5.3
Inside central cities	18.0	9.6	9.3	9.3	8.7	8.3	7.8	8.1	7.4
Outside central cities	13.5	6.3	6.1	6.1	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.5	4.5
Outside metropolitan areas	21.8	11.1	10.8	10.8	10.1	9.7	8.9	9.3	7.7
Region
Northeast	15.7	7.2	6.9	6.9	6.3	6.0	5.5	5.7	5.0
Midwest	15.1	7.3	7.1	7.1	6.8	6.6	6.1	6.3	5.5
South	17.8	8.9	8.6	8.6	8.2	8.0	7.4	7.8	6.5
West	15.9	8.7	8.4	8.4	7.7	7.2	6.7	7.2	6.0

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Black Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.))

Characteristics	Total (thousands)	Money Income			Before taxes			After taxes
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Definition 1 less taxes plus capital gains (losses)		Money income		Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income 4	Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Withough EIC 1a	With EIC 1b	Definition 1 less government transfers 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (losses) 3		Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Black Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)
Total	37207	23.9	25.5	22.6	32.0	32.0	30.4	32.1	32.1	29.4
Age
Under 18 years	12114	31.5	33.8	28.6	36.9	36.9	34.3	36.8	36.7	31.8
Related children	11931	31.3	33.6	28.3	36.7	36.7	34.0	36.6	36.4	31.6
Under 6 years	3828	35.6	37.8	32.8	39.9	39.9	37.7	40.1	39.9	35.2
18 to 24 years	4065	27.5	29.4	26.9	32.3	32.5	30.8	32.6	32.6	30.4
25 to 44 years	10731	18.5	19.9	17.5	23.0	23.0	21.8	23.4	23.4	20.9
45 to 64 years	7375	17.2	18.2	17.4	25.3	25.3	24.7	25.6	25.8	24.9
65 years and over	2922	23.6	24.2	24.0	60.4	60.3	59.8	60.4	60.7	60.3
65 to 74 years	1689	23.2	23.8	23.5	56.8	56.3	55.7	56.4	56.6	56.3
75 years and over	1233	24.2	24.7	24.6	65.5	65.7	65.4	65.9	66.2	65.9
Family Relationship
In families	31008	22.5	24.2	20.8	29.8	29.8	28.0	29.8	29.8	26.6
Married-couple families	15229	8.9	10.0	8.5	15.9	15.8	14.9	16.0	15.9	14.2
With related children under 18	10488	9.7	11.1	8.9	13.7	13.7	12.5	13.9	13.7	11.3
Female hhlder, no husband present	13551	38.0	40.3	34.6	45.7	45.8	42.9	45.7	45.7	40.6
With related children under 18	10970	42.8	45.6	38.7	49.5	49.5	46.3	49.3	49.1	43.1
Unrelated individuals	6034	30.7	31.9	31.8	43.1	43.0	42.7	43.7	43.9	43.7
Living alone	4090	29.5	30.3	30.2	45.1	45.1	44.7	45.5	45.5	45.3
65 years and over	1027	37.0	37.3	37.3	78.6	78.6	78.3	78.6	78.6	78.6
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	32790	22.6	24.2	21.5	30.2	30.2	28.8	30.4	30.4	27.9
Inside central cities	19089	26.7	28.6	25.5	35.2	35.3	33.6	35.5	35.5	32.6
Outside central cities	13702	17.0	18.0	15.9	23.3	23.2	22.1	23.2	23.3	21.3
Outside metropolitan areas	4416	33.0	35.2	30.9	44.6	44.7	42.3	45.0	45.0	40.6
Region
Northeast	7000	24.0	25.4	21.8	31.0	31.1	29.4	30.9	30.9	27.8
Midwest	6853	26.1	27.5	24.7	35.4	35.6	33.6	35.7	35.4	32.6
South	19735	24.2	25.8	23.1	32.0	32.0	30.6	32.3	32.3	29.6
West	3619	18.1	20.2	17.1	26.7	26.7	25.1	27.1	27.2	25.0

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Black Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.))

Characteristics	After taxes
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers 9	Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers 12	Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Definition 12 plus medicaid 13		Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home 15
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8		Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11		Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Noncash transfers 14	Noncash transfers less medical programs 15
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Black Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.)
Total	29.5	23.3	22.6	22.6	21.1	19.8	17.5	18.3	16.3
Age
Under 18 years	31.9	28.8	28.5	28.5	26.7	24.8	21.3	22.3	20.7
Related children	31.7	28.5	28.2	28.2	26.5	24.5	21.1	22.0	20.4
Under 6 years	35.3	32.7	32.4	32.4	31.3	29.1	26.0	27.1	25.7
18 to 24 years	30.5	27.0	26.3	26.3	25.3	24.2	22.5	23.4	21.6
25 to 44 years	21.0	18.1	17.8	17.8	16.4	15.3	13.5	14.3	12.9
45 to 64 years	25.1	18.6	17.7	17.7	16.3	15.4	13.8	14.5	12.4
65 years and over	60.5	26.0	23.6	23.6	21.5	21.1	18.5	19.1	12.8
65 to 74 years	56.3	25.5	23.1	23.1	21.1	20.5	17.7	18.4	11.9
75 years and over	66.2	26.6	24.2	24.2	22.1	21.9	19.6	19.9	14.0
Family Relationship
In families	26.7	21.3	20.9	20.9	19.4	18.0	15.8	16.6	14.9
Married-couple families	14.3	8.3	8.0	8.0	7.3	6.6	5.8	6.5	5.0
With related children under 18	11.3	8.6	8.2	8.2	7.6	6.8	5.8	6.5	5.1
Female hhlder, no husband present	40.7	35.9	35.5	35.5	33.0	31.0	27.0	27.8	26.1
With related children under 18	43.2	39.4	39.2	39.2	36.8	34.3	29.7	30.6	29.1
Unrelated individuals	44.0	33.0	31.5	31.5	30.1	28.9	25.8	26.8	23.0
Living alone	45.7	31.5	30.0	30.0	28.6	28.0	24.0	24.1	20.1
65 years and over	78.8	39.2	35.3	35.3	33.3	33.0	27.7	27.7	17.8
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	28.0	22.0	21.5	21.5	20.1	18.8	16.7	17.5	15.7
Inside central cities	32.7	26.0	25.3	25.3	23.8	22.4	19.6	20.4	18.5
Outside central cities	21.4	16.4	16.2	16.2	14.9	13.9	12.6	13.4	11.8
Outside metropolitan areas	40.7	32.4	31.2	31.2	29.0	27.2	23.5	24.6	20.3
Region
Northeast	27.8	23.0	22.2	22.2	20.4	19.4	16.0	17.1	15.0
Midwest	32.9	24.9	24.1	24.1	22.9	21.8	19.2	19.8	18.3
South	29.7	23.6	23.1	23.1	21.8	20.4	18.3	19.1	16.8
West	25.1	19.0	18.4	18.4	15.6	14.0	12.8	13.7	11.9

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Black Alone)

Characteristics	Total (thousands)	Money Income			Before taxes			After taxes
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Definition 1 less taxes plus capital gains (losses)		Money income		Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income 4	Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Withough EIC 1a	With EIC 1b	Definition 1 less government transfers 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (losses) 3		Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Black alone
Total	35678	24.1	25.7	22.8	32.3	32.3	30.7	32.4	32.4	29.7
Age
Under 18 years	11275	32.3	34.5	29.3	37.6	37.6	35.0	37.5	37.3	32.6
Related children	11111	32.1	34.3	29.1	37.4	37.4	34.8	37.2	37.1	32.4
Under 6 years	3520	36.7	38.9	33.9	41.0	41.0	38.9	41.3	41.2	36.4
18 to 24 years	3876	28.0	29.8	27.2	32.7	33.0	31.2	33.0	33.0	30.7
25 to 44 years	10448	18.5	19.9	17.4	23.1	23.1	21.9	23.5	23.5	21.0
45 to 64 years	7223	17.4	18.4	17.6	25.5	25.5	24.9	25.8	26.0	25.1
65 years and over	2856	23.8	24.3	24.1	60.8	60.6	60.1	60.8	61.1	60.7
65 to 74 years	1660	23.3	23.9	23.6	56.8	56.3	55.7	56.5	56.7	56.3
75 years and over	1195	24.4	25.0	24.9	66.3	66.6	66.3	66.8	67.2	66.8
Family Relationship
In families	29671	22.8	24.4	21.0	30.1	30.1	28.3	30.1	30.1	27.0
Married-couple families	14519	9.1	10.1	8.5	16.2	16.1	15.2	16.2	16.2	14.5
With related children under 18	9901	9.9	11.1	9.0	13.9	13.9	12.7	14.1	13.9	11.5
Female hhlder, no husband present	13030	38.2	40.5	34.9	45.9	46.0	43.2	45.9	45.8	41.0
With related children under 18	10502	43.2	45.8	39.1	49.7	49.7	46.6	49.5	49.3	43.5
Unrelated individuals	5858	30.7	32.0	31.8	43.2	43.2	42.8	43.8	44.0	43.8
Living alone	4004	29.6	30.4	30.3	45.2	45.2	44.9	45.5	45.6	45.4
65 years and over	1009	37.2	37.5	37.5	78.8	78.8	78.5	78.8	78.8	78.8
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	31450	22.9	24.4	21.7	30.6	30.6	29.1	30.7	30.7	28.2
Inside central cities	18392	27.0	28.9	25.7	35.6	35.7	33.9	35.8	35.8	32.9
Outside central cities	13058	17.1	18.1	16.1	23.5	23.4	22.4	23.5	23.6	21.6
Outside metropolitan areas	4228	33.3	35.1	31.2	44.7	44.8	42.8	45.1	45.0	41.0
Region
Northeast	6675	23.6	25.0	21.4	30.7	30.8	29.1	30.5	30.6	27.5
Midwest	6495	26.6	27.9	25.4	35.8	36.1	34.3	36.2	35.9	33.4
South	19266	24.4	26.0	23.3	32.3	32.3	30.9	32.5	32.6	29.9
West	3242	18.5	20.9	17.5	27.7	27.7	25.9	28.0	28.0	25.8

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Black Alone)

Characteristics	After taxes
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers 9	Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers 12	Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Definition 12 plus medicaid 13		Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home 15
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8		Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11		Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Noncash transfers 14	Noncash transfers less medical programs 15
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Black Alone
Total	29.8	23.5	22.9	22.9	21.4	20.1	17.7	18.6	16.5
Age
Under 18 years	32.6	29.5	29.2	29.2	27.5	25.5	22.1	23.1	21.4
Related children	32.4	29.2	29.0	29.0	27.2	25.3	21.8	22.8	21.2
Under 6 years	36.5	33.9	33.6	33.6	32.3	30.2	27.2	28.3	26.9
18 to 24 years	30.9	27.2	26.5	26.5	25.6	24.4	22.6	23.6	21.7
25 to 44 years	21.1	18.1	17.8	17.8	16.4	15.3	13.5	14.3	12.9
45 to 64 years	25.3	18.8	17.9	17.9	16.5	15.6	13.9	14.6	12.5
65 years and over	60.9	26.1	23.8	23.8	21.7	21.3	18.7	19.2	12.9
65 to 74 years	56.4	25.5	23.2	23.2	21.3	20.7	17.8	18.5	11.9
75 years and over	67.1	27.0	24.6	24.6	22.4	22.2	20.0	20.3	14.2
Family Relationship
In families	27.0	21.6	21.1	21.1	19.6	18.3	16.1	16.9	15.2
Married-couple families	14.6	8.5	8.1	8.1	7.5	6.7	5.9	6.7	5.0
With related children under 18	11.5	8.7	8.3	8.3	7.8	6.9	5.9	6.7	5.1
Female hhlder, no husband present	41.0	36.1	35.7	35.7	33.3	31.3	27.4	28.2	26.5
With related children under 18	43.6	39.7	39.5	39.5	37.2	34.7	30.2	31.1	29.6
Unrelated individuals	44.1	33.0	31.5	31.5	30.1	29.0	25.8	26.8	22.9
Living alone	45.7	31.5	30.1	30.1	28.7	28.1	24.1	24.2	20.1
65 years and over	79.0	39.3	35.6	35.6	33.7	33.4	28.0	28.0	18.0
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	28.3	22.2	21.7	21.7	20.3	19.1	16.9	17.7	15.9
Inside central cities	33.0	26.3	25.5	25.5	24.0	22.6	19.8	20.6	18.7
Outside central cities	21.7	16.6	16.4	16.4	15.1	14.1	12.9	13.7	12.0
Outside metropolitan areas	41.0	32.7	31.5	31.5	29.1	27.3	23.7	24.8	20.4
Region
Northeast	27.6	22.7	21.9	21.9	20.2	19.1	15.8	17.0	14.8
Midwest	33.7	25.4	24.7	24.7	23.5	22.4	19.8	20.3	18.9
South	30.0	23.8	23.3	23.3	22.0	20.6	18.5	19.3	17.0
West	25.9	19.4	18.8	18.8	15.8	14.2	13.1	14.0	12.1

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Asian Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C.))

Characteristics	Total (thousands)	Money Income			Before taxes			After taxes
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Definition 1 less taxes plus capital gains (losses)		Money income		Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income 4	Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Withough EIC 1a	With EIC 1b	Definition 1 less government transfers 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (losses) 3		Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Asian A.O.I.C.
Total	12487	10.0	10.8	9.7	13.9	13.8	13.5	14.1	14.1	13.0
Age
Under 18 years	3199	11.0	12.1	10.3	13.4	13.3	12.9	13.6	13.6	11.7
Related children	3159	10.7	11.8	9.9	13.1	13.0	12.6	13.3	13.3	11.4
Under 6 years	1109	8.7	8.8	7.7	10.2	9.8	9.3	9.9	9.9	8.1
18 to 24 years	1292	16.3	17.2	16.5	18.6	18.6	18.1	18.5	18.5	17.9
25 to 44 years	4380	9.6	10.6	9.5	11.0	10.9	10.6	11.3	11.3	10.3
45 to 64 years	2621	6.6	7.1	6.2	11.1	11.0	10.8	11.3	11.3	10.5
65 years and over	995	8.7	9.0	9.0	29.5	29.1	28.9	29.6	29.6	29.6
65 to 74 years	630	7.1	7.7	7.7	24.0	23.5	23.4	24.3	24.3	24.3
75 years and over	365	11.3	11.3	11.3	39.1	38.9	38.4	38.7	38.7	38.7
Family Relationship
In families	10742	7.6	8.4	7.1	11.3	11.2	10.8	11.4	11.4	10.1
Married-couple families	8766	6.0	6.7	5.5	10.0	9.8	9.7	10.1	10.1	9.0
With related children under 18	6134	7.2	8.1	6.3	9.5	9.4	9.2	9.7	9.7	8.0
Female hhlder, no husband present	1146	15.3	17.1	15.5	19.2	19.2	18.1	19.7	19.7	17.2
With related children under 18	692	21.4	22.9	20.2	25.9	25.9	24.2	26.8	26.8	22.7
Unrelated individuals	1708	24.4	25.6	25.4	29.9	29.9	29.8	30.9	30.9	30.9
Living alone	847	19.9	20.7	20.3	29.0	29.0	29.0	29.4	29.4	29.4
65 years and over	142	24.1	24.1	24.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1	71.1
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	11959	10.0	10.8	9.7	13.8	13.7	13.4	14.0	14.0	12.9
Inside central cities	5293	12.0	12.8	11.2	16.6	16.3	16.1	16.7	16.7	15.2
Outside central cities	6665	8.3	9.2	8.5	11.6	11.5	11.2	11.8	11.8	11.2
Outside metropolitan areas	528	9.7	10.6	9.8	16.9	16.7	15.0	16.6	16.6	14.7
Region
Northeast	2405	8.4	9.5	7.4	11.9	11.7	11.7	12.2	12.2	10.1
Midwest	1472	13.2	14.2	13.0	16.4	15.8	15.8	15.9	15.9	15.2
South	2687	10.5	11.6	10.4	13.2	13.2	12.5	13.9	13.9	12.5
West	5923	9.6	10.1	9.4	14.4	14.4	14.0	14.5	14.5	13.9

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Asian Alone or in Combination (A.O.I.C))

Characteristics	After taxes
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers 9	Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers 12	Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Definition 12 plus medicaid 13		Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home 15
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8		Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11		Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Noncash transfers 14	Noncash transfers less medical programs 15
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Asian A.O.I.C.
Total	13.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.2	8.7	8.1	8.5	7.7
Age
Under 18 years	11.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.5	9.0	7.7	8.2	7.3
Related children	11.5	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.2	8.6	7.4	7.8	7.0
Under 6 years	8.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.0	6.5	6.0	6.2	5.8
18 to 24 years	17.9	16.3	16.3	16.3	15.9	14.9	14.9	15.8	14.8
25 to 44 years	10.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.2	8.7	8.3	8.7	8.1
45 to 64 years	10.7	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.2	5.9	5.5	5.7	4.8
65 years and over	29.7	13.7	12.9	12.9	7.1	7.1	6.5	7.2	5.1
65 to 74 years	24.3	10.4	9.1	9.1	5.4	5.4	4.6	5.9	3.9
75 years and over	39.0	19.5	19.4	19.4	10.0	10.0	9.6	9.6	7.3
Family Relationship
In families	10.2	7.4	7.4	7.3	6.6	6.1	5.5	6.0	5.2
Married-couple families	9.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.1	4.6	4.2	4.8	4.0
With related children under 18	8.1	6.3	6.3	6.3	5.9	5.2	4.7	5.4	4.6
Female hhlder, no husband present	17.5	15.1	15.1	14.9	14.7	14.0	11.5	12.1	11.1
With related children under 18	23.3	20.2	20.2	19.8	19.5	19.2	15.2	15.2	14.7
Unrelated individuals	31.1	26.5	26.2	26.2	24.8	24.6	23.7	23.9	22.9
Living alone	29.5	22.5	21.8	21.8	19.3	19.2	17.5	17.5	16.2
65 years and over	71.9	37.5	33.1	33.1	18.4	18.4	13.7	13.7	8.6
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	13.0	10.1	10.0	10.0	9.2	8.7	8.1	8.5	7.7
Inside central cities	15.2	11.8	11.7	11.7	10.5	10.1	9.3	9.5	9.2
Outside central cities	11.3	8.8	8.7	8.7	8.1	7.5	7.1	7.8	6.5
Outside metropolitan areas	15.0	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.2	8.5	8.7	7.7
Region
Northeast	10.2	7.0	6.8	6.8	6.5	6.5	5.3	5.4	5.1
Midwest	15.2	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.4	12.2	12.8	11.6
South	12.5	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	9.4	8.8	9.5	8.8
West	14.0	10.5	10.5	10.4	8.9	8.4	7.8	8.3	7.3

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Asian alone)

Characteristics	Total (thousands)	Money Income			Before taxes			After taxes
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Definition 1 less taxes plus capital gains (losses)		Money income		Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income 4	Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Withough EIC 1a	With EIC 1b	Definition 1 less government transfers 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (losses) 3		Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Asian alone
Total	11541	10.1	11.0	9.8	14.2	14.1	13.8	14.4	14.4	13.3
Age
Under 18 years	2683	11.7	12.9	10.9	14.3	14.2	13.8	14.5	14.5	12.5
Related children	2648	11.4	12.6	10.6	14.0	13.9	13.4	14.2	14.2	12.1
Under 6 years	884	9.1	9.1	7.7	10.6	10.2	9.7	10.2	10.2	8.3
18 to 24 years	1167	16.8	17.6	16.8	19.3	19.3	18.6	18.9	18.9	18.3
25 to 44 years	4178	9.6	10.6	9.5	11.0	10.9	10.6	11.3	11.3	10.3
45 to 64 years	2536	6.6	7.1	6.2	11.2	11.2	11.0	11.4	11.4	10.7
65 years and over	977	8.4	8.8	8.8	29.6	29.1	28.9	29.6	29.6	29.6
65 to 74 years	619	6.9	7.5	7.5	24.0	23.4	23.3	24.2	24.2	24.2
75 years and over	358	10.9	10.9	10.9	39.2	39.0	38.6	39.0	39.0	39.0
Family Relationship
In families	9899	7.7	8.6	7.2	11.6	11.5	11.1	11.7	11.7	10.4
Married-couple families	8117	6.3	7.0	5.7	10.5	10.3	10.2	10.7	10.7	9.4
With related children under 18	5587	7.6	8.5	6.8	10.1	9.9	9.8	10.3	10.3	8.5
Female hhlder, no husband present	1019	15.2	17.3	15.5	19.2	19.2	18.1	19.8	19.8	17.4
With related children under 18	595	22.4	24.1	21.1	27.0	27.0	25.1	28.2	28.2	24.1
Unrelated individuals	1613	24.2	25.2	25.0	29.9	29.9	29.9	30.8	30.8	30.8
Living alone	808	19.1	19.6	19.2	28.6	28.6	28.6	28.7	28.7	28.7
65 years and over	140	23.4	23.4	23.4	70.7	70.7	70.7	70.7	70.7	70.7
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	11099	10.1	11.0	9.8	14.1	14.0	13.7	14.3	14.3	13.2
Inside central cities	4958	12.3	13.1	11.3	17.0	16.7	16.5	17.1	17.1	15.4
Outside central cities	6141	8.3	9.3	8.5	11.7	11.7	11.4	12.0	12.0	11.4
Outside metropolitan areas	442	10.0	10.6	10.1	18.1	17.9	16.1	17.9	17.9	16.0
Region
Northeast	2295	8.2	9.2	7.2	11.9	11.7	11.6	12.1	12.1	10.0
Midwest	1381	13.5	14.6	13.3	16.6	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.0	15.3
South	2473	11.2	12.4	11.1	14.2	14.2	13.4	14.9	14.9	13.3
West	5392	9.5	10.1	9.4	14.7	14.6	14.3	14.7	14.7	14.2

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Asian alone)

Characteristics	After taxes
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers 9	Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers 12	Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Definition 12 plus medicaid 13		Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home 15
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8		Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11		Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Noncash transfers 14	Noncash transfers less medical programs 15
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Asian alone
Total	13.4	10.2	10.1	10.1	9.3	8.8	8.2	8.7	7.8
Age
Under 18 years	12.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.2	9.6	8.3	8.8	8.0
Related children	12.2	10.1	10.1	10.1	9.8	9.2	7.9	8.4	7.6
Under 6 years	8.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.0	6.4	5.8	6.0	5.8
18 to 24 years	18.3	16.7	16.7	16.7	16.2	15.2	15.2	16.2	15.0
25 to 44 years	10.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.2	8.7	8.3	8.8	8.2
45 to 64 years	10.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.1	5.9	5.5	5.7	4.9
65 years and over	29.8	13.6	12.8	12.8	7.0	7.0	6.3	7.1	5.0
65 to 74 years	24.3	10.3	9.1	9.1	5.4	5.4	4.6	5.8	3.8
75 years and over	39.3	19.4	19.3	19.3	9.8	9.8	9.3	9.3	7.0
Family Relationship
In families	10.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	6.8	6.2	5.7	6.2	5.3
Married-couple families	9.4	6.2	6.2	6.2	5.4	4.8	4.4	5.0	4.2
With related children under 18	8.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.4	5.6	5.0	5.7	4.9
Female hhlder, no husband present	17.6	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.2	11.5	12.2	11.1
With related children under 18	24.3	20.8	20.8	20.8	20.8	20.6	16.1	16.1	15.4
Unrelated individuals	31.0	26.3	26.0	26.0	24.6	24.4	23.6	23.8	22.8
Living alone	28.8	21.5	20.9	20.9	18.3	18.3	16.8	16.8	15.5
65 years and over	71.6	37.0	33.4	33.4	18.6	18.6	13.9	13.9	8.7
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	13.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	9.3	8.8	8.2	8.7	7.8
Inside central cities	15.4	11.9	11.8	11.8	10.6	10.2	9.3	9.5	9.2
Outside central cities	11.5	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.2	7.6	7.3	8.0	6.7
Outside metropolitan areas	16.4	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.2	9.3	8.4
Region
Northeast	10.0	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.3	6.3	5.5	5.5	5.2
Midwest	15.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	12.7	12.5	13.2	12.0
South	13.3	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	9.9	9.3	10.1	9.3
West	14.3	10.6	10.5	10.5	8.9	8.4	7.8	8.3	7.2

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Hispanic Origin)

Characteristics	Total (thousands)	Money Income			Before taxes			After taxes
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Definition 1 less taxes plus capital gains (losses)		Money income		Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income 4	Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
		Excluding capital gains (current measures) 1	Withough EIC 1a	With EIC 1b	Definition 1 less government transfers 2	Definition 2 plus capital gains (losses) 3		Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes 5	Definition 5 less federal income taxes 6	Definition 6 plus earned income credit 7
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Hispanic Origin
Total	39216	21.8	24.1	20.3	26.8	26.7	25.4	27.6	27.6	24.4
Age
Under 18 years	13210	28.6	31.5	25.5	31.7	31.5	29.7	32.4	32.4	27.4
Related children	12971	28.2	31.0	25.0	31.3	31.0	29.2	32.0	31.9	26.9
Under 6 years	4684	28.7	31.7	25.4	31.2	31.0	29.6	32.4	32.3	26.9
18 to 24 years	4816	21.1	23.8	20.9	23.4	23.4	22.3	25.0	25.2	22.5
25 to 44 years	13364	18.2	20.5	16.8	20.9	20.8	19.6	21.7	21.7	18.6
45 to 64 years	5772	15.5	16.9	15.4	22.1	22.2	21.1	22.3	22.5	21.4
65 years and over	2053	21.4	22.1	21.4	55.2	54.9	54.5	55.4	55.6	55.2
65 to 74 years	1223	20.2	21.0	20.2	53.3	53.0	52.4	53.4	53.7	53.1
75 years and over	830	23.1	23.6	23.1	57.9	57.8	57.5	58.4	58.4	58.3
Family Relationship
In families	34598	20.8	23.1	18.7	25.6	25.5	24.0	26.3	26.3	22.7
Married-couple families	24652	16.6	18.6	15.1	21.2	21.0	19.5	21.5	21.5	18.6
With related children under 18	19679	18.7	21.0	16.6	21.4	21.2	19.5	21.7	21.7	18.1
Female hhlder, no husband present	7013	36.4	39.3	32.8	42.4	42.0	40.9	43.7	43.6	38.2
With related children under 18	5763	41.6	44.8	37.2	46.3	46.0	44.7	47.8	47.6	41.3
Unrelated individuals	4364	28.8	31.5	31.4	35.1	35.4	34.8	36.9	37.1	36.9
Living alone	1611	27.9	29.6	29.4	40.7	40.8	40.4	41.5	41.7	41.6
65 years and over	359	44.1	43.8	43.8	84.0	84.0	83.1	83.1	83.1	83.1
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	35854	21.4	23.7	19.9	26.3	26.2	24.9	27.1	27.1	23.9
Inside central cities	17975	25.1	27.9	23.4	30.5	30.3	29.1	31.6	31.6	28.1
Outside central cities	17879	17.6	19.4	16.3	22.0	21.9	20.8	22.5	22.6	19.8
Outside metropolitan areas	3362	26.7	29.3	24.6	32.5	32.5	30.3	33.0	33.2	29.1
Region
Northeast	5547	25.3	27.0	23.6	31.9	31.6	30.5	32.3	32.2	28.8
Midwest	3418	19.4	21.6	19.2	22.3	22.4	21.2	22.7	22.9	20.7
South	13547	22.3	24.9	20.6	27.8	27.8	26.5	29.1	29.1	25.5
West	16704	20.8	23.1	19.1	25.2	25.1	23.6	25.8	25.8	22.7

Percent of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income and Selected Characteristics: 2002 (Revised)
(Hispanics (may be of any race))

Characteristics	After taxes
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8	Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers 9	Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11	Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers 12	Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Definition 12 plus medicaid 13		Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home 15
	Definition 7 less state income taxes 8		Definition 9 plus medicare 10	Definition 10 plus regular-price school lunches 11		Definition 13 plus other means- tested government	Noncash transfers 14	Noncash transfers less medical programs 15
BELOW POVERTY LEVEL
Hispanics (may be of any race)
Total	24.5	20.6	20.1	20.1	19.2	18.0	16.1	17.2	15.5
Age
Under 18 years	27.5	25.3	25.1	25.1	24.2	22.5	19.7	21.0	19.2
Related children	27.0	24.8	24.6	24.5	23.7	22.0	19.1	20.4	18.7
Under 6 years	26.9	25.2	25.1	25.1	24.4	22.6	20.3	21.9	19.9
18 to 24 years	22.7	21.0	20.9	20.9	20.0	18.8	17.9	18.9	17.8
25 to 44 years	18.7	16.6	16.4	16.3	15.8	14.8	13.4	14.3	13.2
45 to 64 years	21.4	16.8	16.3	16.3	14.8	14.0	12.7	13.4	11.4
65 years and over	55.3	25.1	21.3	21.3	19.2	19.0	16.6	17.8	12.7
65 to 74 years	53.2	24.0	20.2	20.2	18.2	17.9	16.0	17.2	13.0
75 years and over	58.3	26.7	22.9	22.9	20.7	20.5	17.5	18.7	12.3
Family Relationship
In families	22.7	19.0	18.6	18.6	17.7	16.4	14.5	15.6	13.9
Married-couple families	18.6	14.9	14.5	14.5	14.0	12.7	10.9	12.3	10.3
With related children under 18	18.2	16.1	15.9	15.9	15.5	13.9	11.9	13.4	11.4
Female hhlder, no husband present	38.2	34.1	33.8	33.8	31.8	30.2	27.2	27.8	26.6
With related children under 18	41.3	38.0	37.9	37.9	36.1	34.3	30.7	31.2	30.1
Unrelated individuals	37.2	32.0	31.1	31.1	30.0	29.3	28.0	28.6	26.5
Living alone	41.7	31.3	29.9	29.9	28.1	26.9	23.8	23.8	20.2
65 years and over	83.1	48.5	43.6	43.6	40.2	39.7	33.1	33.1	22.2
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan areas	24.0	20.2	19.8	19.8	18.8	17.6	15.9	16.9	15.4
Inside central cities	28.2	24.1	23.6	23.6	22.3	20.6	18.8	20.0	18.5
Outside central cities	19.8	16.3	15.9	15.9	15.3	14.5	13.0	13.7	12.2
Outside metropolitan areas	29.2	24.2	23.5	23.5	23.2	22.2	18.8	20.4	16.8
Region
Northeast	29.1	25.8	25.1	25.1	22.6	20.5	18.4	19.3	18.1
Midwest	20.8	17.9	17.6	17.6	17.3	16.7	15.7	16.3	15.4
South	25.5	20.8	20.4	20.3	20.0	19.6	17.7	18.7	17.0
West	22.8	19.2	18.7	18.7	17.8	16.1	14.2	15.4	13.4

For further explanation of the tax model revisions issued in April 2004 see, "Alternative Measures of Poverty for 2001 and 2002 (Revised)" at Alternative Measures Revision

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual and Social Economic Supplement.

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