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The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004
Summary of findings-
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- The income definitions included in this summary are the official definition and three alternative definitions.
- The poverty thresholds used in these estimates differ slightly from the official thresholds in the way they are adjusted by family size, and in some cases use a different inflationary index, but are similar to them otherwise.
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Summary Tables
Table 1. Median Income of Households by Selected Characteristics
and Income Definition: 2003 and 2004
Table 2. Share of Aggregate Household Income by Quintile and Gini
Index: 2003 and 2004
Table 3. People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income
Below the Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected
Characteristics: 2003 and 2004
Table 4. People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income Below the CPI-U-RS-adjusted Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected Characteristics: 2003 and 2004
RD-REV INC01. (Table 1.) Income Distribution Measures, by
Definitions of Income
RD-REV POV01. Percent and Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income
Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
RD-REV POV01 RS. Percent and Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income
Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds Adjusted for
Inflation using the CPI-U-RS (More about CPI-U-RS)
RD-REV POV02. People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income Below the
Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected Characteristics: 2003 to 2004
RD-REV POV02 RS People and Families With Alternative Definitions of Income Below the
CPI-U-RS-adjusted Three-Parameter Poverty Thresholds, by Selected
Characteristics: 2003 to 2004 (More about CPI-U-RS)
Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit
ask.census.gov for further information on Poverty Statistics.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
