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Poverty Thresholds: 1996


Poverty Thresholds in 1996, by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years
 (DOLLARS)
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                                        |           |                           Related children under 18 years     
                                        | Weighted  |________________________________________________________________________________
    Size of family unit                 |  average  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |  Eight
                                        |thresholds |  None  |   One  |   Two  |  Three |  Four  |  Five  |  Six   |  Seven | or more
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                                        |           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
One person (unrelated individual) ..... |     7,995 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Under 65 years .......................|     8,163 |  8,163 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  65 years and over ....................|     7,525 |  7,525 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                        |           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Two persons ............................|    10,233 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Householder under 65 years ...........|    10,564 |  10507 | 10,815 |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Householder 65 years and over ......  |     9,491 |  9,484 | 10,774 |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                        |           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Three persons ..........................|    12,516 | 12,273 | 12,629 | 12,641 |        |        |        |        |        |
Four persons ...........................|    16,036 | 16,183 | 16,448 | 15,911 | 15,967 |        |        |        |        |
Five persons ...........................|    18,952 | 19,516 | 19,800 | 19,194 | 18,725 | 18,438 |        |        |        |
Six persons ............................|    21,389 | 22,447 | 22,536 | 22,072 | 21,627 | 20,965 | 20,573 |        |        |
Seven persons ..........................|    24,268 | 25,828 | 25,990 | 25,434 | 25,046 | 24,324 | 23,482 | 22,558 |        |
Eight persons ..........................|    27,091 | 28,887 | 29,142 | 28,617 | 28,158 | 27,506 | 26,678 | 25,816 | 25,597 |
Nine persons or more ...................|    31,971 | 34,749 | 34,917 | 34,453 | 34,063 | 33,423 | 32,542 | 31,746 | 31,548 | 30,333
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division