| The Marginal Effect of Taxes and Transfers on Poverty
Estimate: 2002 (Revised) |
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2002 |
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| Income measures |
Below poverty level |
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Number |
Percent |
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| Official definition |
34,570 |
12.1 |
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| Official less payroll taxes plus net
capital gains |
37,142 |
13.0 |
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| Official less federal and state income
taxes plus net capital gains |
34,959 |
12.3 |
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| Official less federal and state income
taxes plus net capital gains |
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and earned income credit (EIC) |
30,903 |
10.8 |
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| Official less taxes plus net capital
gains and EIC |
33,253 |
11.7 |
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| Official less nonmeans-tested cash
transfers |
55,286 |
19.4 |
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| Official less means-tested cash
transfers |
36,648 |
12.8 |
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| Official plus means-tested non-medical
noncash transfers |
31,133 |
10.9 |
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| Official plus foodstamps |
31,422 |
11.7 |
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| Official plus rent subsidies |
33,371 |
11.7 |
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| Official plus regular-price school lunch |
34,562 |
12.1 |
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| Official plus all non-medical noncash
transfers |
31,120 |
10.9 |
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| Official less taxes plus EIC
and all noncash transfers |
29,264 |
10.3 |
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| For further
explanation of the tax model revisions issued in April 2004 see,
"Alternative Measures |
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| of Poverty
for 2001 and 2002 (Revised)" at Alternative Measures Revision |
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| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population
Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. |
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