Poverty |
Poverty Thresholds in 1985, by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years (Dollars)
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Related children under 18 years | Weighted |_______________________________________________________________________ Size of family unit | average | | | | | | | | | Eight |thresholds| None | One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven |or more ___________________________________|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ One person (unrelated individual)..| $5,469 | | | | | | | | | Under 65 years...................| 5,593 | 5,593 | | | | | | | | 65 years and over................| 5,156 | 5,156 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Two persons........................| 6,998 | | | | | | | | | Householder under 65 years.......| 7,231 | 7,199 | 7,410 | | | | | | | Householder 65 years and over....| 6,503 | 6,498 | 7,382 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Three persons......................| 8,573 | 8,410 | 8,654 | 8,662 | | | | | | Four persons.......................| 10,989 |11,089 |11,270 |10,903 |10,941 | | | | | Five persons.......................| 13,007 |13,373 |13,567 |13,152 |12,830 |12,634 | | | | Six persons........................| 14,696 |15,381 |15,442 |15,124 |14,819 |14,365 |14,097 | | | Seven persons......................| 16,656 |17,698 |17,808 |17,428 |17,162 |16,667 |16,090 |15,457 | | Eight persons......................| 18,512 |19,794 |19,969 |19,609 |19,294 |18,847 |18,280 |17,690 |17,540 | Nine persons or more...............| 22,083 |23,811 |23,926 |23,608 |23,341 |22,902 |22,298 |21,753 |21,617 |20,785 ___________________________________|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey. |