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U.S. Poverty Thresholds <strong>and</strong> Related Statistics<br />

Poverty Thresholds in 2000, 2002, by by size of of family <strong>and</strong> number of of related children under under age 18years<br />

Related children under age 18<br />

Eight<br />

Size of family unit None One Two Three Four Five Six Seven or more<br />

One person<br />

Under age 65 $9,359<br />

Age 65 <strong>and</strong> over 8,628<br />

Two people<br />

Householder under age 65 12,047 $12,400<br />

Householder age 65 <strong>and</strong> over 10,874 12,353<br />

Three people 14,072 14,480 $14,494<br />

Four people 18,556 18,859 18,244 $18,307<br />

Five people 22,377 22,703 22,007 21,469 $21,141<br />

Six people 25,738 25,840 25,307 24,797 24,038 $23,588<br />

Seven people 29,615 29,799 29,162 28,718 27,890 26,924 $25,865<br />

Eight people 33,121 33,414 32,812 32,285 31,538 30,589 29,601 $29,350<br />

Nine people or more 39,843 40,036 39,504 39,057 38,323 37,313 36,399 36,173 $34,780<br />

Source: U.S Census Bureau, February 2003.<br />

Poverty rate by region, 2001<br />

West<br />

12.1%<br />

Midwest<br />

9.4%<br />

22.9%<br />

Northeast<br />

10.7%<br />

27.1%<br />

10.7%<br />

South<br />

13.5%<br />

Source: U.S Census Bureau.<br />

102 Family Economics <strong>and</strong> <strong>Nutrition</strong> Review

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