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Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- Asian 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 Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. 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)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Asian alone or in combination
Total 14,331 10.3 10.2 9.1 9.9 12.8 10.5 9.9 8.9 8.0 11.5 10.6 9.9 8.9
Age
Under 18 years 3,573 11.2 10.9 9.6 10.7 11.6 11.0 10.7 9.4 7.7 11.5 9.9 9.5 8.1
Related children 3,530 11.0 10.8 9.5 10.5 11.4 10.8 10.5 9.2 7.4 11.2 9.6 9.3 7.9
Under 6 years 1,264 7.9 7.8 7.4 8.1 8.9 8.2 8.1 7.5 6.0 8.3 6.8 6.7 6.1
18 to 24 years 1,375 17.4 17.4 16.2 17.5 20.3 18.0 17.5 16.3 15.5 19.6 18.5 18.0 16.7
25 to 44 years 4,935 8.2 8.1 7.5 8.3 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.7 6.9 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.6
45 to 64 years 3,243 8.6 8.4 7.4 7.7 10.1 8.3 7.7 6.9 6.4 9.7 9.2 8.6 7.7
65 years and over 1,205 13.2 13.2 10.8 10.8 29.9 14.2 10.8 9.0 8.8 15.9 15.9 12.0 10.2
65 to 74 years 662 10.5 10.5 8.3 8.3 26.6 10.4 8.3 6.8 6.6 11.1 11.1 9.0 7.6
75 years and over 543 16.6 16.4 13.8 13.8 33.9 18.8 13.8 11.6 11.6 21.7 21.7 15.7 13.4
Family Relationship
In families 12,463 8.3 8.2 7.0 7.8 10.4 8.3 7.8 6.9 5.9 9.3 8.3 7.7 6.7
In married-couple families 10,545 6.8 6.7 5.7 6.2 8.5 6.5 6.2 5.6 4.8 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.3
With related children under 18 7,114 7.4 7.2 6.1 7.0 7.7 7.0 7.0 6.1 5.0 7.3 6.5 6.4 5.5
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 1,210 18.3 18.2 16.7 18.0 22.6 20.4 18.0 15.9 12.3 23.4 19.2 16.7 13.9
With related children under 18 681 25.0 24.8 23.9 25.1 28.1 27.3 25.1 22.1 15.7 31.3 23.8 21.3 17.2
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 708 13.2 13.2 10.8 13.7 17.3 15.2 13.7 11.8 10.6 20.7 19.1 16.5 14.9
With related children under 18 286 19.0 19.0 19.1 21.5 21.6 21.6 21.5 19.1 17.4 21.6 19.1 19.1 17.4
Unrelated individuals 1,801 23.9 23.8 23.1 23.7 29.5 25.0 23.7 22.0 22.0 25.8 25.8 24.4 22.8
Living alone 838 15.2 15.2 13.7 14.1 23.5 16.4 14.1 11.8 11.8 17.4 17.3 15.0 12.8
65 years and over 178 21.5 21.1 19.2 19.2 55.7 27.6 19.2 12.7 12.7 27.8 27.8 19.4 12.9
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 13,887 10.1 9.9 8.9 9.6 12.6 10.3 9.6 8.7 7.8 11.3 10.4 9.7 8.7
Inside principal cities 7,138 12.0 11.8 11.2 11.9 15.9 13.0 11.9 10.9 9.7 14.1 13.2 12.0 10.8
Outside principal cities 6,749 8.0 8.0 6.4 7.2 9.1 7.4 7.2 6.3 5.8 8.2 7.6 7.3 6.5
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 444 17.9 17.9 16.0 17.4 21.2 17.4 17.4 15.5 13.5 18.0 16.4 16.4 14.2
Region
Northeast 3,229 12.0 12.0 11.3 11.4 14.1 11.7 11.4 10.3 8.9 13.8 12.9 12.5 10.7
Midwest 1,737 10.5 9.8 8.1 8.5 11.9 9.3 8.5 8.2 7.9 9.6 9.2 8.3 7.8
South 2,774 10.1 10.1 8.5 9.8 11.6 9.9 9.8 9.6 8.4 11.0 9.9 9.7 9.4
West 6,591 9.5 9.4 8.6 9.5 13.0 10.4 9.5 8.1 7.4 11.0 10.2 9.1 8.0
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 10,758 10.0 9.9 8.9 9.6 13.3 10.3 9.6 8.7 8.1 11.5 10.9 10.0 9.1
18 to 24 years old 1,375 17.4 17.4 16.2 17.5 20.3 18.0 17.5 16.3 15.5 19.6 18.5 18.0 16.7
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 176 17.1 17.1 14.1 17.6 21.2 17.6 17.6 14.0 12.9 22.1 18.8 18.8 14.9
25 years old and over 9,383 9.0 8.8 7.9 8.4 12.2 9.2 8.4 7.6 7.0 10.3 9.8 8.9 8.0
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 1,136 21.8 21.5 20.2 21.1 29.7 24.3 21.1 17.6 16.2 27.7 26.7 23.3 19.2
High school graduate, no college 1,905 11.6 11.2 9.6 10.2 17.0 11.3 10.2 9.3 8.2 12.9 12.1 10.7 9.5
College: Less than bachelor's degree 1,520 7.2 7.2 6.2 7.0 9.6 7.5 7.0 6.2 5.7 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.3
Bachelor's degree or more 4,822 5.4 5.4 4.8 5.2 7.1 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.3
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years 9,204 9.5 9.4 8.6 9.3 11.0 9.7 9.3 8.6 7.9 10.7 10.1 9.7 9.0
Worked at full-time jobs 6,098 3.2 3.1 2.8 3.3 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.3 4.0 3.4 3.4 2.9
50 to 52 weeks 5,333 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.7 3.2 2.7 2.5 2.2
Worked at part-time jobs 1,058 12.5 12.4 10.9 12.8 14.5 13.5 12.8 12.3 12.2 15.4 15.2 14.5 14.1
Did not work 2,048 26.6 26.3 24.6 25.2 30.4 26.5 25.2 23.5 22.7 28.4 27.4 26.1 24.3
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 732 34.6 34.6 33.0 33.1 50.3 45.0 33.1 25.7 22.3 46.2 45.8 32.6 23.4
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 160 73.4 73.4 73.4 74.0 84.3 84.1 74.0 57.8 47.2 84.3 84.3 73.0 47.5
SSI 653 30.0 30.0 28.2 28.2 46.8 40.9 28.2 21.0 19.1 42.1 41.8 27.8 20.3
Food stamps 479 72.1 69.9 66.7 72.2 80.3 78.1 72.2 49.1 41.0 80.9 73.8 67.7 42.9
Housing assistance 391 53.4 50.7 50.7 51.4 73.6 58.1 51.4 29.2 25.8 58.1 55.4 48.5 25.9
Energy assistance 149 52.3 44.9 38.8 41.7 71.3 50.8 41.7 33.7 28.2 53.2 46.7 37.6 28.2
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 1,005 47.2 46.1 42.7 45.5 48.8 46.7 45.5 38.5 32.0 49.4 43.7 42.3 35.0
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 241 76.1 76.3 75.5 75.9 87.5 87.4 75.9 53.4 46.6 87.5 86.6 74.5 46.8
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 12,178 8.3 8.2 7.3 7.7 10.8 8.4 7.7 6.8 5.9 9.3 8.5 7.7 6.6
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 9,029 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.6 3.1 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.9 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.1
Medicare 1,227 15.6 15.5 13.2 13.2 34.3 17.2 13.2 10.7 10.5 18.8 18.8 14.3 11.8
Both Medicare and Medicaid 330 27.4 27.5 25.7 25.7 52.4 38.5 25.7 18.4 17.8 38.5 38.5 25.6 18.3
Medicaid 1,610 32.4 31.7 29.2 30.5 40.4 34.9 30.5 25.4 20.7 37.7 34.2 29.7 23.6
Not covered at any time during the year 2,153 21.9 21.6 19.6 21.8 24.7 22.1 21.8 20.8 19.9 24.0 22.7 22.3 21.8
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- Asian 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 Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. 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)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Asian alone or in combination
Total 14,331 1,479 1,459 1,307 1,412 1,841 1,504 1,412 1,273 1,143 1,644 1,523 1,421 1,269
Age
Under 18 years 3,573 399 390 345 382 415 394 382 336 273 409 353 340 288
Related children 3,530 389 380 334 371 401 380 371 326 263 396 339 329 278
Under 6 years 1,264 100 98 93 102 112 103 102 95 76 105 86 85 77
18 to 24 years 1,375 239 239 223 241 279 248 241 224 213 269 255 248 230
25 to 44 years 4,935 404 401 369 408 459 423 408 382 342 460 424 410 377
45 to 64 years 3,243 278 271 241 251 327 269 251 223 208 313 299 278 251
65 years and over 1,205 160 158 130 130 360 171 130 108 106 192 192 145 123
65 to 74 years 662 70 69 55 55 176 69 55 45 44 74 74 60 50
75 years and over 543 90 89 75 75 184 102 75 63 63 118 118 85 73
Family Relationship
In families 12,463 1,035 1,016 877 972 1,297 1,040 972 863 733 1,158 1,038 959 838
In married-couple families 10,545 721 702 598 657 901 686 657 587 509 729 670 641 563
With related children under 18 7,114 525 514 436 496 547 501 496 436 358 523 464 459 392
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 1,210 221 220 202 218 274 246 218 193 149 283 232 202 169
With related children under 18 681 170 169 163 171 191 186 171 151 107 213 162 145 117
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 708 94 94 77 97 122 108 97 84 75 146 136 117 106
With related children under 18 286 54 54 54 61 62 62 61 54 50 62 54 54 50
Unrelated individuals 1,801 430 430 417 426 531 450 426 397 397 465 464 440 411
Living alone 838 128 127 115 118 197 137 118 99 99 146 145 126 107
65 years and over 178 38 38 34 34 99 49 34 23 23 49 49 34 23
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 13,887 1,400 1,380 1,236 1,335 1,747 1,427 1,335 1,205 1,083 1,564 1,450 1,348 1,207
Inside principal cities 7,138 860 840 802 852 1,135 924 852 782 690 1,008 940 858 769
Outside principal cities 6,749 540 540 434 483 612 502 483 423 393 556 510 489 438
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 444 80 79 71 77 94 77 77 69 60 80 73 73 63
Region
Northeast 3,229 388 388 366 367 455 379 367 333 288 445 416 404 347
Midwest 1,737 182 171 141 147 206 162 147 142 137 167 160 145 135
South 2,774 281 281 236 272 321 275 272 268 232 306 275 270 260
West 6,591 629 620 564 626 859 687 626 531 486 725 672 602 527
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 10,758 1,081 1,069 962 1,030 1,426 1,110 1,030 937 870 1,234 1,170 1,081 981
18 to 24 years old 1,375 239 239 223 241 279 248 241 224 213 269 255 248 230
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 176 30 30 25 31 37 31 31 25 23 39 33 33 26
25 years old and over 9,383 841 830 739 789 1,147 862 789 714 657 965 915 833 751
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 1,136 248 245 230 239 338 276 239 200 184 314 304 264 219
High school graduate, no college 1,905 221 213 183 194 323 215 194 177 156 247 231 204 182
College: Less than bachelor's degree 1,520 109 109 95 107 146 114 107 94 87 120 114 106 96
Bachelor's degree or more 4,822 263 263 232 249 340 258 249 242 230 284 267 258 255
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years 9,204 871 861 789 852 1,009 889 852 789 731 987 933 893 825
Worked at full-time jobs 6,098 194 191 169 200 233 203 200 177 138 242 210 205 178
50 to 52 weeks 5,333 129 126 110 130 146 133 130 112 88 169 141 136 118
Worked at part-time jobs 1,058 133 131 116 135 154 143 135 130 129 163 161 153 149
Did not work 2,048 544 538 504 516 622 542 516 482 465 582 561 535 498
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 732 253 254 241 242 368 329 242 188 163 338 335 238 172
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 160 117 117 117 118 135 134 118 92 75 135 135 116 76
SSI 653 196 196 184 184 305 267 184 137 125 275 273 182 132
Food stamps 479 346 335 319 346 385 374 346 235 196 387 354 324 206
Housing assistance 391 209 198 198 201 288 227 201 114 101 227 217 190 101
Energy assistance 149 78 67 58 62 106 76 62 50 42 79 70 56 42
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 1,005 474 463 428 457 491 470 457 387 321 497 439 425 351
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 241 183 184 182 183 211 210 183 128 112 211 208 179 113
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 12,178 1,007 995 884 944 1,310 1,028 944 825 714 1,128 1,034 942 800
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 9,029 233 233 200 231 282 233 231 215 174 257 221 219 187
Medicare 1,227 191 190 161 162 420 212 162 131 129 231 231 175 145
Both Medicare and Medicaid 330 91 91 85 85 173 127 85 61 59 127 127 85 61
Medicaid 1,610 521 510 469 492 650 562 492 409 333 608 550 478 380
Not covered at any time during the year 2,153 472 464 423 468 531 476 468 448 429 516 489 479 470
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- Asian 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 Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. 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)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Asian alone or in combination
Total (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Age
Under 18 years (X) 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9
Related children (X) 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0
Under 6 years (X) 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4
18 to 24 years (X) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5
25 to 44 years (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
45 to 64 years (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
65 years and over (X) 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 2.0 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3
65 to 74 years (X) 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 2.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.5
75 years and over (X) 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2 3.3 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.2
Family Relationship
In families (X) 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
In married-couple families (X) 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
With related children under 18 (X) 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
In families with female hhlder, no husband present (X) 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.4 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.6
With related children under 18 (X) 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.7 5.6 4.8 4.5 4.0
In families with male hhlder, no wife present (X) 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.4 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.0 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.6
With related children under 18 (X) 6.5 6.5 6.5 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.5 6.2 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.2
Unrelated individuals (X) 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4
Living alone (X) 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4
65 years and over (X) 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 7.5 4.8 3.9 3.1 3.1 4.9 4.9 3.9 3.1
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Inside principal cities (X) 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9
Outside principal cities (X) 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
Outside metropolitan statistical areas (X) 6.2 6.1 5.8 6.0 6.8 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.2 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.4
Region
Northeast (X) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4
Midwest (X) 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6
South (X) 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5
West (X) 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over (X) 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
18 to 24 years old (X) 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6
Less than 12th grade, no diploma (X) 4.6 4.6 4.1 4.7 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.1 4.0 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.3
25 years old and over (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Less than 12th grade, no diploma (X) 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.8 3.4 3.2 2.9 2.8 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.0
High school graduate, no college (X) 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.2 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6
College: Less than bachelor's degree (X) 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5
Bachelor's degree or more (X) 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years (X) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Worked at full-time jobs (X) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
50 to 52 weeks (X) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Worked at part-time jobs (X) 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7
Did not work (X) 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance (X) 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.6 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.2 3.4 3.4 2.7 2.2
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI (X) 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 10.0 8.5 7.4 11.0 11.0 9.9 7.4
SSI (X) 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 3.6 3.3 2.6 2.2 2.1 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.2
Food stamps (X) 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.7 6.2 6.1 5.7 4.4 3.9 6.2 5.8 5.5 4.0
Housing assistance (X) 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.4 5.4 5.0 3.5 3.2 5.4 5.3 4.8 3.2
Energy assistance (X) 8.2 7.4 6.7 7.0 10.1 8.0 7.0 6.1 5.5 8.3 7.6 6.6 5.5
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch (X) 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.3 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance (X) 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.3 9.2 9.2 8.3 6.5 6.0 9.2 9.2 8.2 6.0
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year (X) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative (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 0.3
Medicare (X) 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.5 4.2 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.2 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.3
Both Medicare and Medicaid (X) 7.2 7.2 7.0 7.0 10.7 8.8 7.0 5.8 5.7 8.8 8.8 6.9 5.7
Medicaid (X) 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.4 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.8 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.0
Not covered at any time during the year (X) 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Table RD-REV POV01.
Percent and Number of People in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds: 2006 -- Asian 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 Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005,' at
www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html. People as of March of the following year]
Standard Error Number of Persons in Poverty Under Alternative Income Definitions and Using Three-Parameter Thresholds
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Post-social insurance income
Market _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disposable
Money income -- income Before taxes After taxes income
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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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Asian alone or in combination
Total 0 85 85 81 83 94 86 83 80 76 90 86 84 79
Age
Under 18 years 0 39 39 37 38 40 39 38 36 33 40 37 36 34
Related children 106 39 38 36 38 39 38 38 36 32 39 36 36 33
Under 6 years 67 20 20 19 20 21 20 20 20 17 21 19 18 18
18 to 24 years 0 21 21 20 21 23 21 21 20 20 22 22 21 21
25 to 44 years 0 28 27 26 28 29 28 28 27 25 29 28 28 27
45 to 64 years 0 23 23 21 22 25 22 22 21 20 24 24 23 22
65 years and over 0 17 17 15 15 24 18 15 14 14 18 18 16 15
65 to 74 years 0 12 12 10 10 18 11 10 9 9 12 12 11 10
75 years and over 0 13 13 12 12 18 14 12 11 11 15 15 13 12
Family Relationship
In families 172 72 72 67 70 80 72 70 66 61 76 72 70 65
In married-couple families 174 61 60 55 58 68 59 58 55 51 61 59 57 54
With related children under 18 164 52 51 48 51 53 51 51 48 43 52 49 49 45
In families with female hhlder, no husband present 80 34 34 33 34 38 36 34 32 28 38 35 32 30
With related children under 18 61 30 30 29 30 32 31 30 28 24 33 29 28 25
In families with male hhlder, no wife present 62 22 22 20 23 25 24 23 21 20 28 27 25 24
With related children under 18 40 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 17 16 18 17 17 16
Unrelated individuals 39 23 23 23 23 26 24 23 22 22 24 24 24 23
Living alone 28 13 13 12 12 16 13 12 11 11 14 13 13 12
65 years and over 13 7 7 7 7 11 8 7 5 5 8 8 7 5
Type of Residence
Inside metropolitan statistical areas 166 83 83 78 81 92 84 81 78 74 88 85 82 78
Inside principal cities 164 66 65 64 66 75 68 66 63 59 71 69 66 63
Outside principal cities 161 53 53 47 50 56 51 50 47 45 53 51 50 48
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 61 25 25 24 25 27 25 25 23 22 25 24 24 22
Region
Northeast 142 46 46 45 45 50 46 45 43 40 50 48 47 44
Midwest 102 31 30 28 28 33 30 28 28 27 30 29 28 27
South 131 40 40 37 39 43 40 39 39 36 42 40 39 39
West 211 60 60 57 60 71 63 60 56 53 65 63 59 55
Educational Attainment
Total, 18 years and over 65 73 73 69 71 83 74 71 68 66 78 76 73 70
18 to 24 years old 37 21 21 20 21 23 21 21 20 20 22 22 21 21
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 14 8 8 7 8 9 8 8 7 7 9 8 8 7
25 years old and over 67 65 65 61 63 75 66 63 60 58 69 68 65 62
Less than 12th grade, no diploma 34 36 36 35 35 42 38 35 32 31 40 40 37 34
High school graduate, no college 43 34 33 31 32 41 33 32 30 29 36 35 33 31
College: Less than bachelor's degree 39 24 24 22 24 28 24 24 22 21 25 24 24 22
Bachelor's degree or more 61 37 37 35 36 42 37 36 35 35 38 37 37 36
Work Experience in 2006
Total, 20 to 64 years 11 66 66 63 65 71 67 65 63 61 70 68 67 64
Worked at full-time jobs 81 32 32 30 32 35 33 32 30 27 35 33 33 30
50 to 52 weeks 85 26 26 24 26 28 26 26 24 22 30 27 27 25
Worked at part-time jobs 55 26 26 25 27 28 27 27 26 26 29 29 28 28
Did not work 71 53 52 51 51 56 53 51 50 49 54 54 52 51
Program Participation Status of
Household Members
One or more members received:
Cash assistance 31 18 18 17 17 22 20 17 15 14 21 21 17 15
Public assistance or welfare non-SSI 14 12 12 12 12 13 13 12 11 10 13 13 12 10
SSI 29 16 16 15 15 20 18 15 13 12 19 19 15 13
Food stamps 25 21 21 20 21 22 22 21 17 16 22 21 20 16
Housing assistance 22 16 16 16 16 19 17 16 12 11 17 16 15 11
Energy assistance 14 10 9 8 9 12 10 9 8 7 10 9 8 7
Free or reduced-price sch. lunch 36 25 24 23 24 25 24 24 22 20 25 24 23 21
Household received both food stamps
and cash assistance 17 15 15 15 15 16 16 15 13 12 16 16 15 12
Health Insurance Coverage
Covered for part or all of the year 142 71 71 67 69 81 72 69 65 60 75 72 69 64
Covered by:
Plan related to employment of self
or relative 141 35 35 32 35 38 35 35 33 30 37 34 34 31
Medicare 66 32 32 29 29 47 33 29 26 26 35 35 30 28
Both Medicare and Medicaid 35 22 22 21 21 30 26 21 18 18 26 26 21 18
Medicaid 75 52 51 49 50 58 54 50 46 42 56 53 50 44
Not covered at any time during the year 86 49 49 47 49 52 50 49 48 47 52 50 50 49
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Race Footnotes