U.S. Census Bureau
 Poverty




Poverty Thresholds 2002


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Poverty Thresholds for 2002 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).…….. |           9,183 | | | | | | | | |
  Under 65 years....................………… |           9,359 |        9,359 |    | | | | | | |
  65 years and over.................………… |           8,628 |        8,628 | | | | | | | |
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Two persons.........................…………. |         11,756 | | | | | | | | |
  Householder under 65 years........…… |         12,110 |       12,047 |       12,400 | | | | | | |
  Householder 65 years and over...……. |         10,885 |       10,874 |       12,353 | | | | | | |
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Three persons.......................…………. |         14,348 |       14,072 |       14,480 |       14,494 | | | | |    |
Four persons........................…………. |         18,392 |       18,556 |       18,859 |       18,244 |       18,307 | | | | |
Five persons........................………….. |         21,744 |       22,377 |       22,703 |       22,007 |       21,469 |       21,141 | | | |
Six persons.........................………….. |         24,576 |       25,738 |       25,840 |       25,307 |       24,797 |       24,038 |       23,588 | | |
Seven persons.......................………… |         28,001 |       29,615 |       29,799 |       29,162 |       28,718 |       27,890 |       26,924 |       25,865 | |
Eight persons.......................…………. |         30,907 |       33,121 |       33,414 |       32,812 |       32,285 |       31,538 |       30,589 |       29,601 |       29,350 |
Nine persons or more................………. |         37,062 |       39,843 |       40,036 |       39,504 |       39,057 |       38,323 |       37,313 |       36,399 |       36,173 |       34,780
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Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division