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2017 CPS Poverty Table: POV-38. People in Poverty by Size of Family and Number of Related Children

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2017 CPS Poverty Table: POV-38. People in Poverty by Size of Family and Number of Related Children

Poverty Status in 2016

The CPS 2017 Annual Social and Economic Supplement asked participants to report their poverty status for 2016.

People in Poverty by Size of Family and Number of Related Children [<1.0 MB]

Symbols Used in Tables
  (B)    Base less than 75,000.
  (NA) Not available.
  (X)    Not applicable.

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CPS Poverty Tables Footnotes

Poverty in the United States is measured by comparing family income with one of 48 poverty thresholds--the dollar amounts used to determine who is poor.