Table RD-REV POV01 RS.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds Adjusted for Inflation Using the CPI-U-RS: 2004 -- White alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2004/effect2004htm. People as of March of the following year]
Percent of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
___________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in Def. 1 plus net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official imputed net on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure capital gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
White alone or in combination
Total 238,521 9.0 9.0 7.8 8.3 15.1 9.1 8.3 7.3 6.0 10.1 8.7 8.0 6.9
Age
Under 18 years 58,152 12.2 12.2 11.3 12.1 14.5 12.9 12.1 10.2 7.3 13.8 10.9 10.2 8.2
Related children 57,260 11.7 11.7 10.7 11.5 13.9 12.3 11.5 9.6 6.8 13.2 10.3 9.6 7.6
Under 6 years 18,922 14.1 14.1 13.4 14.4 16.1 15.0 14.4 12.5 9.0 16.0 12.7 12.1 10.0
18 to 24 years 22,496 13.7 13.7 12.9 14.2 16.7 14.7 14.2 13.3 12.1 16.2 15.0 14.4 13.4
25 to 44 years 66,669 8.1 8.1 7.3 7.9 10.4 8.6 7.9 7.0 5.6 9.5 8.0 7.4 6.4
45 to 64 years 60,258 6.4 6.4 5.0 5.3 10.7 6.2 5.3 4.7 4.4 7.0 6.7 5.7 5.1
65 years and over 30,946 6.4 6.4 3.7 3.7 33.6 4.7 3.7 3.3 3.2 5.7 5.6 4.7 4.2
65 to 74 years 15,889 5.9 5.9 3.6 3.6 28.2 4.6 3.6 3.1 3.1 5.5 5.4 4.4 3.9
75 years and over 15,056 6.8 6.8 3.9 3.9 39.3 4.7 3.9 3.4 3.4 6.0 5.9 5.0 4.5
Family Relationship
In families 197,099 7.6 7.6 6.6 7.1 12.4 7.8 7.1 6.1 4.6 8.7 7.1 6.5 5.4
In married-couple families 159,446 4.7 4.7 3.9 4.3 9.1 4.7 4.3 3.8 2.7 5.4 4.2 3.9 3.3
With related children under 18 96,473 5.7 5.7 5.1 5.6 7.0 5.9 5.6 4.8 3.0 6.7 4.8 4.5 3.7
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 27,088 23.7 23.7 21.5 22.6 30.6 24.9 22.6 18.7 15.0 26.7 22.8 20.7 16.4
With related children under 18 19,484 29.5 29.5 27.6 29.1 35.5 31.4 29.1 23.9 18.7 33.1 28.0 25.8 20.2
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 10,565 10.2 10.2 8.8 9.7 15.2 10.8 9.7 8.7 7.1 12.1 10.0 8.9 8.1
With related children under 18 6,023 13.1 13.1 11.6 12.6 15.8 13.5 12.6 10.9 8.2 14.9 11.4 10.5 9.2
Unrelated individuals 40,360 14.6 14.6 12.5 13.2 27.3 14.5 13.2 12.2 12.1 15.9 15.8 14.5 13.5
Living alone 24,825 11.0 11.0 7.9 8.3 28.1 9.6 8.3 6.9 6.9 11.1 11.0 9.6 8.3
65 years and over 9,339 10.3 10.3 6.0 6.0 46.4 6.9 6.0 4.7 4.7 8.1 8.1 7.1 5.9
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 196,896 8.6 8.6 7.5 8.0 14.0 8.7 8.0 7.1 5.8 9.6 8.3 7.6 6.6
Inside principal cities 67,953 11.9 11.9 10.8 11.6 18.1 12.6 11.6 10.1 8.2 13.6 11.8 10.7 9.1
Outside principal cities 128,943 6.8 6.8 5.7 6.1 11.8 6.7 6.1 5.5 4.5 7.5 6.5 6.0 5.3
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 41,625 10.9 10.9 9.2 9.9 20.4 10.9 9.9 8.5 7.1 12.2 10.5 9.5 8.2
Region
Northeast 44,593 7.9 7.9 6.9 7.3 13.8 8.3 7.3 6.1 5.4 9.1 8.1 7.1 6.0
Midwest 56,120 7.6 7.6 6.5 7.1 13.6 7.5 7.1 6.1 4.9 8.5 7.2 6.7 5.7
South 81,468 9.8 9.8 8.5 9.1 16.8 9.7 9.1 8.2 6.7 10.8 9.4 8.8 7.8
West 56,339 10.1 10.1 8.6 9.3 15.0 10.4 9.3 8.2 6.7 11.3 9.7 8.7 7.4
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 180,369 7.9 7.9 6.6 7.1 15.3 7.9 7.1 6.4 5.6 8.8 8.0 7.2 6.5
18 to 24 years old 22,496 13.7 13.7 12.9 14.2 16.7 14.7 14.2 13.3 12.1 16.2 15.0 14.4 13.4
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 4,800 20.7 20.7 19.4 21.1 23.7 21.9 21.1 19.1 16.6 23.7 21.2 20.4 18.1
25 years old and over 157,873 7.1 7.1 5.7 6.1 15.1 6.9 6.1 5.4 4.7 7.8 7.0 6.2 5.5
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 22,514 17.6 17.6 14.6 15.7 35.9 18.1 15.7 13.6 11.2 20.0 17.7 15.2 12.8
High school graduate, no college 50,691 7.6 7.6 6.1 6.5 17.6 7.3 6.5 5.8 5.1 8.3 7.4 6.6 5.9
College: Less than bachelor's degree 40,494 5.1 5.1 4.0 4.2 10.9 4.8 4.2 3.7 3.3 5.5 5.0 4.4 3.9
Bachelor's degree or more 44,174 3.0 3.0 2.3 2.5 5.4 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.2 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.6
Work Experience in 2005
Total, 20 to 64 years 143,354 8.0 8.0 7.0 7.6 11.3 8.3 7.6 6.8 5.9 9.3 8.3 7.5 6.7
Worked at full-time jobs 97,201 3.1 3.1 2.7 3.1 3.8 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.0 3.9 3.0 2.9 2.6
50 to 52 weeks 82,299 1.9 1.9 1.6 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.2 2.5 1.8 1.7 1.5
Worked at part-time jobs 18,698 10.3 10.3 8.9 10.2 14.0 10.8 10.2 9.2 7.9 12.5 11.1 10.5 9.5
Did not work 27,455 23.9 23.9 21.0 21.5 35.9 24.6 21.5 19.3 18.1 26.2 25.0 21.8 19.5
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 11,217 32.3 32.3 29.4 30.6 56.3 46.2 30.6 21.6 19.4 48.2 45.4 29.6 20.5
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 3,725 51.6 51.6 48.3 50.5 69.8 63.0 50.5 35.8 30.9 65.9 60.8 47.3 32.4
SSI 8,118 24.4 24.4 21.7 22.2 52.8 41.5 22.2 15.0 14.1 42.9 41.4 22.4 15.0
Food stamps 14,294 48.7 48.7 44.9 47.3 62.6 53.7 47.3 33.6 26.5 56.4 49.5 43.1 28.9
Housing assistance 5,681 42.9 42.9 42.9 43.9 69.6 53.4 43.9 26.8 22.2 54.2 50.9 41.4 23.1
Energy assistance 4,558 38.9 38.9 35.0 36.6 63.4 44.6 36.6 24.5 20.7 47.0 42.2 34.6 22.5
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 23,344 31.0 31.0 28.4 30.8 38.0 33.2 30.8 24.2 16.6 35.6 28.1 25.8 18.9
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 5,017 54.3 54.3 49.6 51.4 78.0 69.4 51.4 32.9 28.9 71.7 67.9 49.7 30.7
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 203,367 7.0 7.0 5.9 6.4 13.6 7.2 6.4 5.3 4.4 7.9 6.9 6.1 5.1
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 146,790 2.2 2.2 1.7 1.9 3.9 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.4 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.7
Medicare 34,398 7.5 7.5 4.9 5.0 36.9 6.6 5.0 4.1 3.9 7.7 7.5 5.8 4.9
Both Medicare and Medicaid 4,261 20.6 20.6 16.2 16.6 62.0 28.0 16.6 11.6 10.6 29.7 28.6 16.7 11.8
Medicaid 26,708 30.8 30.8 28.2 30.1 46.3 36.0 30.1 23.4 18.4 37.8 32.8 26.9 20.2
Not covered at any time during the year 35,155 20.5 20.5 18.2 19.8 23.5 20.1 19.8 18.7 15.4 22.4 19.0 18.6 17.3
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
Table RD-REV POV01 RS.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds Adjusted for Inflation Using the CPI-U-RS: 2004 -- White alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2004/effect2004htm. People as of March of the following year]
Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
_________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
Def.1 plus imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in imputed net net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official capital on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
White alone or in combination
Total 238,521 21,396 21,396 18,489 19,884 35,965 21,694 19,884 17,441 14,371 23,996 20,789 18,965 16,426
Age
Under 18 years 58,152 7,124 7,124 6,544 7,038 8,435 7,474 7,038 5,912 4,255 8,038 6,336 5,922 4,753
Related children 57,260 6,700 6,700 6,123 6,591 7,973 7,025 6,591 5,480 3,876 7,581 5,924 5,514 4,363
Under 6 years 18,922 2,669 2,669 2,529 2,725 3,046 2,833 2,725 2,361 1,704 3,021 2,404 2,297 1,883
18 to 24 years 22,496 3,073 3,073 2,896 3,197 3,750 3,306 3,197 2,998 2,717 3,642 3,369 3,240 3,018
25 to 44 years 66,669 5,380 5,380 4,876 5,289 6,906 5,724 5,289 4,687 3,748 6,317 5,326 4,904 4,259
45 to 64 years 60,258 3,844 3,844 3,023 3,201 6,478 3,748 3,201 2,830 2,652 4,233 4,019 3,451 3,095
65 years and over 30,946 1,976 1,976 1,151 1,160 10,396 1,441 1,160 1,014 999 1,765 1,739 1,448 1,301
65 to 74 years 15,889 945 945 567 574 4,486 727 574 499 490 868 856 698 620
75 years and over 15,056 1,031 1,031 583 586 5,910 714 586 514 510 897 883 750 681
Family Relationship
In families 197,099 15,045 15,045 12,989 14,065 24,432 15,368 14,065 12,046 9,097 17,108 14,014 12,721 10,605
In married-couple families 159,446 7,550 7,550 6,243 6,917 14,540 7,475 6,917 6,069 4,298 8,614 6,766 6,184 5,317
With related children under 18 96,473 5,518 5,518 4,874 5,450 6,763 5,718 5,450 4,661 2,928 6,452 4,632 4,351 3,555
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 27,088 6,420 6,420 5,812 6,127 8,289 6,751 6,127 5,063 4,053 7,221 6,187 5,594 4,432
With related children under 18 19,484 5,752 5,752 5,369 5,667 6,922 6,123 5,667 4,654 3,650 6,455 5,452 5,031 3,938
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 10,565 1,075 1,075 934 1,020 1,603 1,142 1,020 914 745 1,273 1,062 943 856
With related children under 18 6,023 787 787 697 758 952 814 758 657 496 898 686 633 551
Unrelated individuals 40,360 5,911 5,911 5,059 5,336 11,037 5,843 5,336 4,933 4,900 6,398 6,360 5,834 5,434
Living alone 24,825 2,741 2,741 1,968 2,053 6,986 2,389 2,053 1,720 1,705 2,750 2,739 2,386 2,056
65 years and over 9,339 962 962 561 561 4,332 646 561 443 443 759 759 664 550
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 196,896 16,871 16,871 14,672 15,761 27,477 17,139 15,761 13,918 11,407 18,902 16,418 15,018 13,030
Inside principal cities 67,953 8,064 8,064 7,333 7,859 12,284 8,564 7,859 6,881 5,569 9,260 7,986 7,282 6,210
Outside principal cities 128,943 8,807 8,807 7,339 7,901 15,193 8,575 7,901 7,038 5,839 9,642 8,432 7,736 6,820
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 41,625 4,525 4,525 3,817 4,123 8,487 4,555 4,123 3,522 2,964 5,094 4,371 3,947 3,396
Region
Northeast 44,593 3,518 3,518 3,076 3,238 6,167 3,692 3,238 2,742 2,427 4,045 3,627 3,165 2,691
Midwest 56,120 4,250 4,250 3,634 3,972 7,622 4,225 3,972 3,402 2,741 4,752 4,016 3,751 3,223
South 81,468 7,958 7,958 6,921 7,434 13,722 7,930 7,434 6,678 5,452 8,835 7,692 7,172 6,336
West 56,339 5,672 5,672 4,858 5,240 8,454 5,847 5,240 4,619 3,752 6,364 5,455 4,877 4,176
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 180,369 14,273 14,273 11,945 12,846 27,530 14,220 12,846 11,529 10,116 15,958 14,453 13,043 11,673
18 to 24 years old 22,496 3,073 3,073 2,896 3,197 3,750 3,306 3,197 2,998 2,717 3,642 3,369 3,240 3,018
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 4,800 991 991 933 1,013 1,140 1,052 1,013 917 797 1,136 1,019 978 870
25 years old and over 157,873 11,200 11,200 9,049 9,650 23,780 10,914 9,650 8,531 7,399 12,316 11,084 9,804 8,655
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 22,514 3,956 3,956 3,283 3,530 8,089 4,086 3,530 3,070 2,532 4,506 3,986 3,418 2,892
High school graduate, no college 50,691 3,843 3,843 3,104 3,316 8,920 3,709 3,316 2,921 2,582 4,194 3,775 3,371 3,011
College: Less than bachelor's degree 40,494 2,061 2,061 1,626 1,711 4,401 1,934 1,711 1,512 1,323 2,211 2,015 1,796 1,592
Bachelor's degree or more 44,174 1,340 1,340 1,036 1,092 2,370 1,185 1,092 1,029 961 1,405 1,308 1,219 1,160
Work Experience in 2005
Total, 20 to 64 years 143,354 11,507 11,507 10,052 10,869 16,179 11,934 10,869 9,762 8,439 13,281 11,875 10,787 9,627
Worked at full-time jobs 97,201 3,002 3,002 2,625 3,059 3,712 3,153 3,059 2,736 1,988 3,756 2,941 2,844 2,495
50 to 52 weeks 82,299 1,580 1,580 1,328 1,610 1,873 1,666 1,610 1,428 952 2,082 1,495 1,434 1,254
Worked at part-time jobs 18,698 1,930 1,930 1,668 1,916 2,622 2,027 1,916 1,719 1,485 2,340 2,083 1,964 1,777
Did not work 27,455 6,574 6,574 5,759 5,895 9,845 6,754 5,895 5,307 4,966 7,185 6,850 5,979 5,354
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 11,217 3,627 3,627 3,302 3,430 6,318 5,186 3,430 2,426 2,175 5,406 5,091 3,321 2,301
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 3,725 1,921 1,921 1,798 1,880 2,599 2,348 1,880 1,332 1,151 2,456 2,264 1,763 1,207
SSI 8,118 1,979 1,979 1,760 1,806 4,290 3,370 1,806 1,221 1,143 3,487 3,360 1,817 1,218
Food stamps 14,294 6,967 6,967 6,422 6,764 8,954 7,672 6,764 4,797 3,785 8,063 7,074 6,160 4,133
Housing assistance 5,681 2,440 2,440 2,440 2,496 3,953 3,037 2,496 1,521 1,264 3,079 2,891 2,352 1,314
Energy assistance 4,558 1,771 1,771 1,596 1,666 2,891 2,031 1,666 1,118 945 2,143 1,924 1,577 1,026
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 23,344 7,241 7,241 6,629 7,201 8,876 7,754 7,201 5,656 3,881 8,304 6,570 6,027 4,404
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 5,017 2,726 2,726 2,488 2,577 3,913 3,483 2,577 1,648 1,448 3,596 3,405 2,495 1,540
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 203,367 14,204 14,204 12,079 12,934 27,692 14,632 12,934 10,880 8,971 16,126 14,121 12,413 10,337
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 146,790 3,184 3,184 2,505 2,777 5,721 2,918 2,777 2,564 2,003 3,570 2,877 2,751 2,544
Medicare 34,398 2,581 2,581 1,682 1,708 12,685 2,265 1,708 1,404 1,342 2,638 2,565 1,982 1,678
Both Medicare and Medicaid 4,261 878 878 692 709 2,641 1,194 709 493 450 1,267 1,219 710 502
Medicaid 26,708 8,213 8,213 7,541 8,037 12,370 9,612 8,037 6,248 4,918 10,089 8,771 7,191 5,392
Not covered at any time during the year 35,155 7,192 7,192 6,410 6,950 8,272 7,062 6,950 6,561 5,401 7,869 6,668 6,552 6,090
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
Table RD-REV POV01 RS.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds Adjusted for Inflation Using the CPI-U-RS: 2004 -- White alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2004/effect2004htm. People as of March of the following year]
Standard Error Percent of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
_________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
Def.1 plus imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in imputed net net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official capital on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
White alone or in combination
Total (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Age
Under 18 years (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Related children (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Under 6 years (X) 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
18 to 24 years (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
25 to 44 years (X) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
45 to 64 years (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
65 years and over (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
65 to 74 years (X) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
75 years and over (X) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Family Relationship
In families (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
In married-couple families (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
With related children under 18 (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
In families with female hhlder, no husband present (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6
With related children under 18 (X) 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8
In families with male hhlder, no wife present (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
With related children under 18 (X) 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9
Unrelated individuals (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Living alone (X) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
65 years and over (X) 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Inside principal cities (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Outside principal cities (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Outside metropolitan statistical areas (X) 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Region
Northeast (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Midwest (X) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
South (X) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
West (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
18 to 24 years old (X) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Less than 12th grade, no diploma (X) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0
25 years old and over (X) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Less than 12th grade, no diploma (X) 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
High school graduate, no college (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
College: Less than bachelor's degree (X) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Bachelor's degree or more (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Work Experience in 2005
Total, 20 to 64 years (X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Worked at full-time jobs (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
50 to 52 weeks (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Worked at part-time jobs (X) 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Did not work (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance (X) 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.6
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI (X) 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.3 1.2 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.2
SSI (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.5
Food stamps (X) 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.6
Housing assistance (X) 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.8
Energy assistance (X) 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.9
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch (X) 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance (X) 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.1 1.0 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.0
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative (X) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Medicare (X) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Both Medicare and Medicaid (X) 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5 3.2 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.2 2.1 2.0 1.5 1.2
Medicaid (X) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7
Not covered at any time during the year (X) 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
Table RD-REV POV01 RS.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds Adjusted for Inflation Using the CPI-U-RS: 2004 -- White alone or in combination
[Numbers of people in thousands, poverty rates in percentage points. For explanations of the income definitions and thresholds used in this table, see 'The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2004/effect2004htm. People as of March of the following year]
Standard Error Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
_________________________________________________ ______________ _______________________________________________________ ________________________________________ ______________
Def 3a plus Def 3f plus
noncash, non- noncash, non-
Def. 1a plus Def. 2 plus medical medical
Def.1 plus imputed non-means- Def. 3 plus transfers that Def. 3b plus Def. 3 less Def. 3e plus transfers that
As used in imputed net net return Def. 1b Def. 1c less tested means- can be Earned Income taxes after Def. 3d plus means- can be
Total people, official capital on home less work all government cash tested cash measured and Tax Credit all credits Earned Income tested cash measured and
all income measure gains equity expenses cash transfers transfers transfers valued (EITC) except EITC Tax Credit transfers valued
levels (1) (1a) (1b) (1c) (2) (3) (3a) (3b) (3c) (3d) (3e) (3f) (4)
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White alone or in combination
Total 0 324 324 302 313 408 326 313 294 269 341 319 306 286
Age
Under 18 years 0 163 163 157 162 175 166 162 149 128 172 154 150 135
Related children 350 158 158 152 157 171 162 157 144 123 167 150 145 130
Under 6 years 217 102 102 99 103 109 105 103 96 82 108 97 95 86
18 to 24 years 0 75 75 73 77 83 78 77 75 71 81 79 77 75
25 to 44 years 0 100 100 96 99 112 103 99 94 85 108 100 96 90
45 to 64 years 0 85 85 76 78 108 84 78 74 71 89 87 81 77
65 years and over 0 61 61 47 47 121 53 47 44 44 58 57 53 50
65 to 74 years 0 43 43 33 34 88 38 34 31 31 41 41 37 35
75 years and over 0 45 45 34 34 99 37 34 32 32 42 41 38 37
Family Relationship
In families 456 275 275 256 266 344 277 266 247 216 292 265 254 232
In married-couple families 484 197 197 180 189 270 196 189 177 150 210 187 179 166
With related children under 18 457 169 169 159 168 187 172 168 156 124 183 155 150 136
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 281 182 182 173 178 206 187 178 162 145 193 179 170 152
With related children under 18 242 173 173 167 171 189 178 171 156 138 183 168 162 143
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 181 75 75 70 73 92 77 73 69 63 82 75 70 67
With related children under 18 138 64 64 61 63 71 65 63 59 51 69 60 58 54
Unrelated individuals 185 96 96 87 90 142 95 90 86 86 100 100 95 91
Living alone 152 62 62 51 53 106 57 53 48 48 62 62 57 53
65 years and over 97 35 35 27 27 80 29 27 24 24 31 31 29 26
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 456 290 290 271 281 363 292 281 265 241 306 286 274 256
Inside principal cities 410 204 204 194 201 249 210 201 188 170 218 203 194 179
Outside principal cities 482 212 212 194 202 276 210 202 190 174 222 208 199 188
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 414 188 188 173 179 256 188 179 166 152 199 185 176 163
Region
Northeast 0 135 135 127 130 174 138 130 120 113 144 137 129 119
Midwest 0 147 147 137 142 191 147 142 132 119 155 143 139 129
South 0 205 205 192 198 261 204 198 189 172 215 202 195 184
West 0 174 174 162 167 207 176 167 158 143 183 171 162 151
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 431 266 266 245 253 358 265 253 240 226 280 267 255 242
18 to 24 years old 235 75 75 73 77 83 78 77 75 71 81 79 77 75
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 112 44 44 43 44 47 45 44 42 40 47 45 44 41
25 years old and over 441 237 237 214 221 336 234 221 208 194 248 236 223 210
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 235 143 143 131 135 203 146 135 126 115 153 144 133 123
High school graduate, no college 334 141 141 127 131 213 139 131 123 116 147 140 132 125
College: Less than bachelor's degree 304 104 104 92 95 151 101 95 89 83 108 103 97 91
Bachelor's degree or more 316 84 84 74 76 111 79 76 74 71 86 83 80 78
Work Experience in 2005
Total, 20 to 64 years 333 240 240 225 234 282 244 234 222 207 257 244 233 221
Worked at full-time jobs 383 125 125 117 126 139 128 126 120 102 140 124 122 114
50 to 52 weeks 380 91 91 84 92 99 93 92 87 71 104 89 87 81
Worked at part-time jobs 228 101 101 94 100 117 103 100 95 88 111 104 101 97
Did not work 269 184 184 172 174 223 186 174 165 160 192 187 175 166
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 143 72 72 68 70 100 89 70 58 54 91 88 69 56
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 73 51 51 49 50 60 57 50 42 39 58 56 49 40
SSI 116 52 52 48 49 79 69 49 40 39 70 69 49 40
Food stamps 169 106 106 101 104 124 112 104 85 74 116 107 98 78
Housing assistance 93 58 58 58 59 76 65 59 45 41 66 63 57 42
Energy assistance 82 49 49 46 47 63 52 47 38 35 54 51 46 36
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 239 108 108 103 108 123 113 108 93 75 118 102 97 81
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 87 61 61 58 60 75 70 60 47 44 72 70 59 45
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 409 267 267 247 256 364 271 256 235 214 284 266 251 230
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 442 129 129 115 121 172 124 121 116 103 136 123 120 115
Medicare 284 116 116 94 95 253 109 95 86 84 118 116 102 94
Both Medicare and Medicaid 106 68 68 60 61 118 79 61 51 49 82 80 61 51
Medicaid 254 205 205 197 203 250 222 203 180 160 227 212 192 167
Not covered at any time during the year 287 193 193 182 189 206 191 189 184 167 201 186 184 177
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Based on the June 2006 Weighting Correction.
Race Footnotes