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Historical Poverty Tables
Table 6. People Below 125 Percent of Poverty Level and the Near Poor:
1959 to 2006
(Numbers in Thousands)
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Below 1.25 Between 1.00 - 1.25
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Year Total Number Percent Number Percent
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2006..... 296,450 49,688 16.8 13,229 4.5
2005..... 293,135 49,327 16.8 12,377 4.2
2004 14/. 290,617 49,693 17.1 12,653 4.4
2003..... 287,699 48,687 16.9 12,826 4.5
2002..... 285,317 47,084 16.5 12,514 4.4
2001..... 281,475 45,320 16.1 12,413 4.4
2000 12/. 278,944 43,612 15.6 12,030 4.3
1999 11/. 276,208 45,030 16.3 12,239 4.4
1998..... 271,059 46,036 17.0 11,560 4.3
1997..... 268,480 47,853 17.8 12,280 4.6
1996..... 266,218 49,310 18.5 12,781 4.8
1995..... 263,733 48,761 18.5 12,336 4.7
1994..... 261,616 50,401 19.3 12,342 4.7
1993 10/. 259,278 51,801 20.0 12,536 4.8
1992 9/.. 256,549 50,592 19.7 12,578 4.9
1991 8/.. 251,192 47,527 18.9 11,819 4.7
1990..... 248,644 44,837 18.0 11,252 4.5
1989..... 245,992 42,653 17.3 11,125 4.5
1988..... 243,530 42,551 17.5 10,806 4.4
1987 7/.. 240,982 43,032 17.9 10,811 4.5
1986..... 238,554 43,486 18.2 11,116 4.7
1985 .... 236,594 44,166 18.7 11,102 4.7
1984..... 233,816 45,288 19.4 11,588 5.0
1983 6/.. 231,700 47,150 20.3 11,847 5.1
1982..... 229,412 46,520 20.3 12,122 5.3
1981 5/.. 227,157 43,748 19.3 11,926 5.3
1980..... 225,027 40,658 18.1 11,386 5.1
1979 4/.. 222,903 36,616 16.4 10,544 4.7
1978..... 215,656 34,155 15.8 9,658 4.5
1977..... 213,867 35,659 16.7 10,939 5.1
1976..... 212,303 35,509 16.7 10,534 5.0
1975..... 210,864 37,182 17.6 11,305 5.4
1974 3/.. 209,362 33,666 16.1 10,296 4.9
1973..... 207,621 32,828 15.8 9,855 4.7
1972..... 206,004 34,653 16.8 10,193 4.9
1971 2/.. 204,554 36,501 17.8 10,942 5.3
1970..... 202,183 35,624 17.6 10,204 5.0
1969..... 199,517 34,665 17.4 10,518 5.3
1968..... 197,628 35,905 18.2 10,516 5.3
1967 1/.. 195,672 39,206 20.0 11,437 5.8
1966..... 193,388 41,267 21.3 12,757 6.6
1965..... 191,413 46,163 24.1 12,978 6.8
1964..... 189,710 49,819 26.3 13,764 7.3
1963..... 187,258 50,778 27.1 14,342 7.7
1962..... 184,276 53,119 28.8 14,494 7.9
1961..... 181,277 54,280 30.0 14,652 8.1
1960..... 179,503 54,560 30.4 14,709 8.2
1959..... 176,557 54,942 31.1 15,452 8.7
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
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Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
