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Table 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: 2004 to 2005
(Numbers in thousands. People as of March of the following year)
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Disposable Income
in 2004 below poverty threshold/1
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90-percent 90-percent
All confidence confidence
income interval/2 interval/2
levels Number (+/-) Percentage (+/-)
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PEOPLE
Total........................... 290,617 23,485 556 8.1 0.2
Family Status
In families............................. 240,754 15,983 465 6.6 0.2
Householder........................... 76,866 4,921 141 6.4 0.2
Related children under 18............. 72,133 6,819 263 9.5 0.4
Related children under 6............ 23,752 2,819 172 11.9 0.8
In married-couple families............ 184,772 6,645 305 3.6 0.2
In families with a female householder,
no husband present................... 42,053 7,988 333 19.0 0.8
In families with a male householder,
no wife present...................... 13,929 1,350 139 9.7 1.0
In unrelated subfamilies................ 1,254 467 82 37.2 7.1
Reference person...................... 515 196 53 38.1 11.2
Children under 18..................... 677 255 53 37.7 8.7
Unrelated individual.................... 48,609 7,035 175 14.5 0.4
Male.................................. 23,669 3,305 112 14.0 0.5
Female................................ 24,940 3,730 120 15.0 0.5
Race/4 and Hispanic Origin
White alone or in combination........... 238,521 16,426 471 6.9 0.2
White alone/5....................... 233,741 15,990 465 6.8 0.2
White alone, not Hispanic........... 195,098 11,015 389 5.6 0.2
Black alone or in combination........... 38,037 5,943 281 15.6 0.7
Black alone/6....................... 36,426 5,718 276 15.7 0.8
Asian alone or in combination........... 13,291 961 116 7.2 0.9
Asian alone/7....................... 12,231 901 113 7.4 0.9
Hispanic (of any race).................. 41,690 5,380 258 12.9 0.6
Related Children Under 18
White alone or in combination........... 57,260 4,363 213 7.6 0.4
White alone/5....................... 55,212 4,179 209 7.6 0.4
White alone, not Hispanic........... 42,363 2,348 159 5.5 0.4
Black alone or in combination........... 12,012 2,308 153 19.2 1.4
Black alone/6....................... 11,080 2,174 149 19.6 1.5
Asian alone or in combination........... 3,367 185 45 5.5 1.4
Asian alone/7....................... 2,823 161 42 5.7 1.5
Hispanic (of any race).................. 13,929 1,977 138 14.2 1.0
Age
Under 18 years.......................... 73,241 7,316 271 10.0 0.4
18 to 64 years.......................... 182,166 14,441 441 7.9 0.2
18 to 24 years....................... 28,008 4,176 145 14.9 0.5
25 to 34 years....................... 39,310 3,282 131 8.3 0.3
35 to 44 years....................... 43,351 2,824 121 6.5 0.3
45 to 54 years....................... 41,961 2,453 113 5.8 0.3
55 to 59 years....................... 16,771 925 70 5.5 0.4
60 to 64 years....................... 12,765 780 65 6.1 0.5
65 years and over....................... 35,209 1,727 94 4.9 0.3
Nativity
Native.................................. 255,443 19,486 510 7.6 0.2
Foreign born............................ 35,173 3,998 271 11.4 0.8
Naturalized citizen................... 13,505 803 122 5.9 0.9
Not a citizen......................... 21,669 3,195 242 14.7 1.2
Region
Northeast............................... 53,906 3,993 224 7.4 0.4
Midwest................................. 64,740 4,739 246 7.3 0.4
South................................... 104,887 9,593 389 9.1 0.4
West.................................... 67,083 5,160 299 7.7 0.5
Work Experience
All workers (16 years and older)........ 153,050 6,368 298 4.2 0.2
Worked full-time year-round........... 102,495 1,720 156 1.7 0.2
Not full-time year-round.............. 50,555 4,648 256 9.2 0.5
Did not work at least one week.......... 73,066 10,526 381 14.4 0.5
FAMILIES
Total........................... 76,866 4,921 141 6.4 0.2
White alone or in combination........ 63,989 3,365 114 5.3 0.2
White alone/5.................... 63,084 3,304 112 5.2 0.2
White alone, not Hispanic........ 54,262 2,230 91 4.1 0.2
Black alone or in combination........ 9,114 1,331 69 14.6 0.8
Black alone/6.................... 8,906 1,302 68 14.6 0.8
Asian alone or in combination........ 3,283 172 24 5.2 0.8
Asian alone/7.................... 3,142 165 24 5.3 0.8
Hispanic (of any race)............... 9,521 1,166 64 12.2 0.7
Married-couple.......................... 57,983 1,948 84 3.4 0.1
White alone or in combination........ 50,760 1,588 75 3.1 0.2
White alone/5.................... 50,158 1,573 75 3.1 0.2
White alone, not Hispanic........ 44,206 1,110 62 2.5 0.1
Black alone or in combination........ 4,264 235 28 5.5 0.7
Black alone/6.................... 4,171 228 28 5.5 0.7
Asian alone or in combination........ 2,634 103 19 3.9 0.7
Asian alone/7.................... 2,544 101 19 4.0 0.7
Hispanic (of any race)............... 6,353 491 41 7.7 0.7
Female householder, no wife present..... 13,981 2,504 96 17.9 0.7
White alone or in combination........ 9,414 1,465 72 15.6 0.8
White alone/5.................... 9,198 1,431 71 15.6 0.8
White alone, not Hispanic........ 7,164 907 56 12.7 0.8
Black alone or in combination........ 4,090 979 59 23.9 1.6
Black alone/6.................... 3,995 961 58 24.1 1.6
Asian alone or in combination........ 387 37 11 9.6 3.0
Asian alone/7.................... 348 33 10 9.4 3.1
Hispanic (of any race)............... 2,241 576 45 25.7 2.2
Male householder, no wife present....... 4,901 469 40 9.6 0.8
White alone or in combination........ 3,815 312 33 8.2 0.9
White alone/5.................... 3,728 300 32 8.1 0.9
White alone, not Hispanic........ 2,892 213 27 7.4 1.0
Black alone or in combination........ 760 118 20 15.5 2.8
Black alone/6.................... 740 114 20 15.4 2.8
Asian alone or in combination........ 262 32 10 12.2 4.2
Asian alone/7.................... 249 31 10 12.6 4.3
Hispanic (of any race)............... 927 98 18 10.6 2.0
Table 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: 2004 to 2005
(Numbers in thousands. People as of March of the following year)
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Disposable Income
in 2005 below poverty threshold/1
______________________________________________
90-percent 90-percent
confidence confidence
interval/2 interval/2
Total Number (+/-) Percentage (+/-)
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PEOPLE
Total........................... 293,135 24,119 563 8.2 0.2
Family Status
In families............................. 242,389 16,405 471 6.8 0.2
Householder........................... 77,418 5,016 143 6.5 0.2
Related children under 18............. 72,095 7,018 266 9.7 0.4
Related children under 6............ 23,914 2,934 175 12.3 0.8
In married-couple families............ 185,723 6,460 301 3.5 0.2
In families with a female householder,
no husband present................... 42,244 8,512 344 20.1 0.9
In families with a male householder,
no wife present...................... 14,421 1,433 143 9.9 1.0
In unrelated subfamilies................ 1,220 398 75 32.6 6.7
Reference person...................... 504 155 47 30.8 10.0
Children under 18..................... 680 240 51 35.2 8.4
Unrelated individual.................... 49,526 7,316 179 14.8 0.4
Male.................................. 24,158 3,303 112 13.7 0.5
Female................................ 25,367 4,014 126 15.8 0.5
Race/4 and Hispanic Origin
White alone or in combination........... 240,414 16,708 475 6.9 0.2
White alone/5....................... 235,430 16,242 468 6.9 0.2
White alone, not Hispanic........... 195,553 10,723 384 5.5 0.2
Black alone or in combination........... 38,551 6,080 279 15.8 0.7
Black alone/6....................... 36,802 5,877 275 16.0 0.7
Asian alone or in combination........... 13,731 1,076 121 7.8 0.9
Asian alone/7....................... 12,580 1,011 117 8.0 0.9
Hispanic (of any race).................. 43,020 5,996 272 13.9 0.6
Related Children Under 18
White alone or in combination........... 57,329 4,498 216 7.8 0.4
White alone/5....................... 55,152 4,297 212 7.8 0.4
White alone, not Hispanic........... 41,867 2,237 155 5.3 0.4
Black alone or in combination........... 11,975 2,299 149 19.2 1.3
Black alone/6....................... 10,962 2,180 146 19.9 1.4
Asian alone or in combination........... 3,435 211 47 6.1 1.4
Asian alone/7....................... 2,842 187 45 6.6 1.6
Hispanic (of any race).................. 14,361 2,229 145 15.5 1.1
Age
Under 18 years.......................... 73,285 7,535 274 10.3 0.4
18 to 64 years.......................... 184,345 14,829 445 8.0 0.2
18 to 24 years....................... 27,965 4,284 144 15.3 0.5
25 to 34 years....................... 39,480 3,496 135 8.9 0.3
35 to 44 years....................... 43,121 2,838 122 6.6 0.3
45 to 54 years....................... 42,797 2,431 113 5.7 0.3
55 to 59 years....................... 17,827 1,029 74 5.8 0.4
60 to 64 years....................... 13,153 751 63 5.7 0.5
65 years and over....................... 35,505 1,756 95 4.9 0.3
Nativity
Native.................................. 257,513 20,074 517 7.8 0.2
Foreign born............................ 35,621 4,046 272 11.4 0.8
Naturalized citizen................... 13,881 914 130 6.6 1.0
Not a citizen......................... 21,740 3,132 240 14.4 1.1
Region
Northeast............................... 54,010 3,901 233 7.2 0.4
Midwest................................. 64,973 4,909 258 7.6 0.4
South................................... 106,089 9,906 372 9.3 0.4
West.................................... 68,063 5,404 279 7.9 0.4
Work Experience
All workers (16 years and older)........ 155,127 6,610 303 4.3 0.2
Worked full-time year-round........... 104,876 1,964 167 1.9 0.2
Not full-time year-round.............. 50,251 4,647 255 9.2 0.5
Did not work at least one week.......... 73,735 10,825 384 14.7 0.5
FAMILIES
Total........................... 77,418 5,016 143 6.5 0.2
White alone or in combination........ 64,312 3,397 114 5.3 0.2
White alone/5.................... 63,414 3,310 113 5.2 0.2
White alone, not Hispanic........ 54,264 2,197 90 4.0 0.2
Black alone or in combination........ 9,299 1,338 69 14.4 0.8
Black alone/6.................... 9,051 1,303 68 14.4 0.8
Asian alone or in combination........ 3,358 204 26 6.1 0.8
Asian alone/7.................... 3,208 194 26 6.0 0.8
Hispanic (of any race)............... 9,868 1,223 66 12.4 0.7
Married-couple.......................... 58,189 1,844 82 3.2 0.1
White alone or in combination........ 50,963 1,444 72 2.8 0.1
White alone/5.................... 50,369 1,421 71 2.8 0.1
White alone, not Hispanic........ 44,123 960 58 2.2 0.1
Black alone or in combination........ 4,252 245 29 5.8 0.7
Black alone/6.................... 4,128 241 29 5.8 0.7
Asian alone or in combination........ 2,692 129 21 4.8 0.8
Asian alone/7.................... 2,590 125 21 4.8 0.8
Hispanic (of any race)............... 6,642 494 41 7.4 0.6
Female householder, no wife present..... 14,095 2,657 100 18.8 0.8
White alone or in combination........ 9,346 1,593 76 17.1 0.9
White alone/5.................... 9,139 1,541 74 16.9 0.9
White alone, not Hispanic........ 7,138 1,008 59 14.1 0.9
Black alone or in combination........ 4,215 969 58 23.0 1.5
Black alone/6.................... 4,117 940 57 22.8 1.5
Asian alone or in combination........ 415 58 14 14.0 3.5
Asian alone/7.................... 383 54 14 14.1 3.7
Hispanic (of any race)............... 2,254 598 45 26.5 2.2
Male householder, no wife present....... 5,134 515 42 10.0 0.9
White alone or in combination........ 4,003 359 35 9.0 0.9
White alone/5.................... 3,906 347 34 8.9 0.9
White alone, not Hispanic........ 3,003 229 28 7.6 1.0
Black alone or in combination........ 833 125 21 15.0 2.6
Black alone/6.................... 806 122 20 15.1 2.7
Asian alone or in combination........ 251 16 7 6.5 3.0
Asian alone/7.................... 235 15 7 6.2 3.0
Hispanic (of any race)............... 972 131 21 13.5 2.3
Table 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: 2004 to 2005
(Numbers in thousands. People as of March of the following year)
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Change in Poverty (2005 less 2004)/3
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90-percent 90-percent
confidence confidence
interval/2 interval/2
Number (+/-) Percentage (+/-)
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PEOPLE
Total........................... 635 586 0.1 0.2
Family Status
In families............................. 423 490 0.1 0.2
Householder........................... 95 162 0.1 0.2
Related children under 18............. 199 277 0.3 0.4
Related children under 6............ 115 182 0.4 0.8
In married-couple families............ -185 317 -0.1 0.2
In families with a female householder,
no husband present................... 524 355 1.2 0.9
In families with a male householder,
no wife present...................... 83 148 0.2 1.1
In unrelated subfamilies................ -69 83 -4.7 7.2
Reference person...................... -41 53 -7.4 11.2
Children under 18..................... -16 55 -2.5 9.0
Unrelated individual.................... 281 202 0.3 0.4
Male.................................. -3 128 -0.3 0.6
Female................................ 284 140 0.9 0.6
Race/4 and Hispanic Origin
White alone or in combination........... 282 539 0.1 0.2
White alone/5....................... 251 532 0.1 0.2
White alone, not Hispanic........... -291 441 -0.2 0.2
Black alone or in combination........... 137 293 0.1 0.8
Black alone/6....................... 159 289 0.3 0.8
Asian alone or in combination........... 115 124 0.6 0.9
Asian alone/7....................... 110 121 0.7 1.0
Hispanic (of any race).................. 616 222 1.0 0.5
Related Children Under 18
White alone or in combination........... 135 245 0.2 0.4
White alone/5....................... 117 240 0.2 0.4
White alone, not Hispanic........... -111 179 -0.2 0.4
Black alone or in combination........... -9 159 -0.0 1.4
Black alone/6....................... 6 155 0.3 1.5
Asian alone or in combination........... 26 48 0.7 1.5
Asian alone/7....................... 27 46 0.9 1.6
Hispanic (of any race).................. 252 119 1.3 0.9
Age
Under 18 years.......................... 218 286 0.3 0.4
18 to 64 years.......................... 388 465 0.1 0.3
18 to 24 years....................... 108 152 0.4 0.5
25 to 34 years....................... 213 139 0.5 0.4
35 to 44 years....................... 14 128 0.1 0.3
45 to 54 years....................... -22 118 -0.2 0.3
55 to 59 years....................... 104 76 0.3 0.4
60 to 64 years....................... -29 67 -0.4 0.5
65 years and over....................... 28 99 0.0 0.3
Nativity
Native.................................. 587 539 0.2 0.2
Foreign born............................ 47 285 -0.0 0.8
Naturalized citizen................... 111 132 0.6 1.0
Not a citizen......................... -63 253 -0.3 1.2
Region
Northeast............................... -92 240 -0.2 0.4
Midwest................................. 170 265 0.2 0.4
South................................... 313 399 0.2 0.4
West.................................... 244 304 0.2 0.5
Work Experience
All workers (16 years and older)........ 243 315 0.1 0.2
Worked full-time year-round........... 244 170 0.2 0.2
Not full-time year-round.............. -1 268 0.1 0.5
Did not work at least one week.......... 299 401 0.3 0.6
FAMILIES
Total........................... 95 162 0.1 0.2
White alone or in combination........ 32 135 0.0 0.2
White alone/5.................... 6 133 -0.0 0.2
White alone, not Hispanic........ -33 107 -0.1 0.2
Black alone or in combination........ 7 78 -0.2 0.9
Black alone/6.................... 1 78 -0.2 0.9
Asian alone or in combination........ 32 29 0.8 0.9
Asian alone/7.................... 29 28 0.8 0.9
Hispanic (of any race)............... 57 62 0.1 0.7
Married-couple.......................... -103 95 -0.2 0.2
White alone or in combination........ -144 87 -0.3 0.2
White alone/5.................... -151 87 -0.3 0.2
White alone, not Hispanic........ -150 71 -0.3 0.2
Black alone or in combination........ 10 33 0.3 0.8
Black alone/6.................... 14 32 0.4 0.8
Asian alone or in combination........ 26 23 0.9 0.9
Asian alone/7.................... 24 22 0.8 0.9
Hispanic (of any race)............... 3 39 -0.3 0.6
Female householder, no wife present..... 152 112 0.9 0.8
White alone or in combination........ 128 88 1.5 1.0
White alone/5.................... 110 86 1.3 1.0
White alone, not Hispanic........ 100 69 1.5 1.0
Black alone or in combination........ -10 67 -0.9 1.7
Black alone/6.................... -21 66 -1.2 1.8
Asian alone or in combination........ 21 15 4.5 3.8
Asian alone/7.................... 22 14 4.8 3.9
Hispanic (of any race)............... 21 43 0.8 2.1
Male householder, no wife present....... 46 47 0.5 1.0
White alone or in combination........ 47 40 0.8 1.1
White alone/5.................... 47 39 0.8 1.1
White alone, not Hispanic........ 16 32 0.3 1.1
Black alone or in combination........ 7 23 -0.5 3.1
Black alone/6.................... 8 23 -0.3 3.1
Asian alone or in combination........ -16 10 -5.7 4.2
Asian alone/7.................... -17 10 -6.4 4.3
Hispanic (of any race)............... 33 19 2.9 2.1
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*Statistically different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.
1/The three-parameter poverty thresholds are adjusted by family size and the members' ages differently
from the official thresholds, but are identical for a family of 4 with 2 adults and 2 children.
For further details, see 'The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and
Poverty: 2005' at www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005htm
2/A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's variability. The larger the confidence
interval in relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate. Fore more
information see 'Standard errors and their use' at .
3/Details may not sum to total because of rounding.
4/Data for American Indians and Alaska Natives, and Asian,
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders are not shown separately.
5/The 2005 and 2006 CPS asked respondents to choose one or more races. White alone refers to people who
reported White and did not report any other race category. The use of this single-race population does not imply that
it is the preferred method of presenting or analyzing data. The Census Bureau uses a variety of approaches.
Information on people who reported more than one race, such as 'White and American Indian and Alaska Native' or
'Asian and Black or African American,' is available from Census 2000 through American FactFinder.
About 2.6 percent of people reported more than one race in Census 2000.
6/Black alone refers to people who reported Black and did not report any other race category.
7/Asian alone refers to people who reported Asian and did not report any other race category.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 and 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Race Footnotes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: March 06, 2007
URL: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/altpov/newpov02rs_004.htm