Number and Percent of Persons in Poverty, by Definition of Income: 2002 (Revised)

Number and Percent of Persons in Poverty, by Definition of Income: 2002 (Revised) (Poverty Thresholds Based on CPI-U-X1)

Total number of persons was 285,317,000 in 2002

Definition of income	Definition of income Poverty (1,000)	Poverty Rate
IN POVERTY
Income before taxes:
Money income excluding capital gains (current measure)......	30,685	10.8
1a. Money income less taxes without EIC......	33,411	11.7
1b. Money income less taxes with EIC......	29,042	10.2
2. Definition 1 less government cash transfers......	53,419	18.7
3. Definition 2 plus capital gains......	53,363	18.7
4. Definition 3 plus health insurance supplements to wage or salary income......	51,735	18.1
Income after taxes:
5. Definition 4 less social security payroll taxes......	54,167	19.0
6. Definition 5 less federal income taxes (excluding the EIC)......	54,368	19.1
7. Definition 6 plus the earned income credit (EIC)......	50,222	17.6
8. Definition 7 less State income taxes......	50,546	17.7
9. Definition 8 plus nonmeans-tested government cash transfers......	30,188	10.6
10. Definition 9 plus the value of medicare......	29,587	10.4
11.Definition 10 plus the value of regular-price school lunches......	29,582	10.4
12.Definition 11 plus means-tested government cash transfers......	27,475	9.6
13.Definition 12 plus the value of medicaid......	26,220	9.2
14. Definition 13 plus the value of other means-tested government noncash transfers......	23,351	8.2
14a. Definition 13 plus the value of other means-tested government noncash transfers less medical programs......	24,004	8.4
15. Definition 14 plus net imputed return on equity in own home......	21,507	7.5

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 Social and Economic Supplement

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