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Poverty Thresholds for 2007 by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years
Size of Family Unit	Weighted Average Thresholds	Related children under 18 years
Size of Family Unit	Weighted Average Thresholds	None	One	Two	Three	Four	Five	Six	Seven	8 or more
One person (unrelated individual)	10,590
..Under 65 years	10,787	10,787
..65 years and over	9,944	9,944
Two people	13,540
..Householder under 65 years	13,954	13,884	14,291
..Householder 65 years and over	12,550	12,533	14,237
Three people	16,530	16,218	16,689	16,705
Four people	21,203	21,386	21,736	21,027	21,100
Five people	25,080	25,791	26,166	25,364	24,744	24,366
Six people	28,323	29,664	29,782	29,168	28,579	27,705	27,187
Seven people	32,233	34,132	34,345	33,610	33,098	32,144	31,031	29,810
Eight people	35,816	38,174	38,511	37,818	37,210	36,348	35,255	34,116	33,827
Nine people or more	42,739	45,921	46,143	45,529	45,014	44,168	43,004	41,952	41,691	40,085
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Links to Related Sites: Poverty Table Taken From the U.S. Census Bureau

Official Estimates of Poverty
'Before examining the impact of federal programs on poverty, it is important to discuss how poverty is measured. The official rate of poverty in the United States is estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau, which collects information on poverty and income in an annual survey. The official rate is determined by combining the money income of individuals and families before taxes with cash assistance received from government programs and comparing this level of income with established poverty thresholds, which vary depending upon the size of the family and are adjusted annually to account for the effects of inflation. In 1998 the poverty threshold for a single person living alone was $8,316. The threshold for a couple (two adults) was $10,634. For a family consisting of one adult and two children, it was $13,133; for two adults and two children it was $16,530.' U.S. Census Bureau

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Two-Year-Average¹ Median Household Income by State: 2004 to 2007

(Income in 2007 dollars. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, non-sampling error, and definitions, see <www.census.gov/apsd/techdoc/cps/cpsmar08.pdf>)

					Change in median income
	Median income		Median income		(2006-2007 average less
	2004-2005 average		2006-2007 average		2004-2005 average)
States	(dollars)		(dollars)

	Median	90-percent	Median	90-percent
	money	confidence	money	confidence			Percentage
	income	interval²(+)	income	interval²(+)	Dollars		change


United States	48,934	258	49,901	241	967	*	2.0	*
Alabama	39,832	1,840	40,620	1,674	788		2.0
Alaska	59,902	2,524	60,506	2,109	604		1.0
Arizona	48,092	1,761	47,598	1,921	-494		-1.0
Arkansas	38,668	1,683	39,452	1,468	784		2.0
California	54,499	827	56,311	902	1,812	*	3.3	*
Colorado	54,719	2,111	59,209	1,763	4,490	*	8.2	*
Connecticut	60,423	2,395	64,158	2,888	3,734	*	6.2	*
Delaware	53,580	1,837	54,257	2,667	678		1.3
District of Columbia	47,741	2,940	50,318	1,931	2,576	*	5.4
Florida	45,077	1,053	46,383	823	1,306	*	2.9	*

Georgia	46,883	1,064	49,692	1,571	2,810	*	6.0	*
Hawaii	62,511	2,140	63,104	2,539	593		0.9
Idaho	47,805	1,931	48,354	1,784	549		1.1
Illinois	50,991	1,320	51,279	1,458	288		0.6
Indiana	45,768	1,644	47,074	1,707	1,306	*	2.9
Iowa	48,508	2,092	49,200	2,017	691		1.4
Kansas	44,857	2,046	47,671	2,104	2,814	*	6.3	*
Kentucky	39,033	1,558	40,029	1,550	995	*	2.6
Louisiana	39,768	1,853	39,418	1,642	-350		-0.9
Maine	46,008	1,937	47,415	2,204	1,407	*	3.1

Maryland	63,475	2,319	65,552	2,235	2,077	*	3.3
Massachusetts	58,298	2,495	57,681	2,953	-617		-1.1
Michigan	47,584	1,293	49,699	1,214	2,114	*	4.4	*
Minnesota	59,583	1,688	57,932	2,143	-1,651	*	-2.8
Mississippi	36,533	1,768	36,499	1,771	-35		-0.1
Missouri	45,954	1,507	45,924	1,728	-30		-0.1
Montana	38,451	1,376	42,963	1,696	4,512	*	11.7	*
Nebraska	49,481	2,027	49,342	1,969	-139		-0.3
Nevada	51,509	2,234	53,912	1,744	2,403	*	4.7
New Hampshire	61,444	2,458	65,652	2,280	4,208	*	6.8	*

New Jersey	63,989	2,613	65,249	2,376	1,260		2.0
New Mexico	42,396	2,395	42,760	1,872	364		0.9
New York	49,558	1,181	49,267	1,308	-291		-0.6
North Carolina	44,418	1,296	42,219	1,295	-2,199	*	-4.9	*
North Dakota	43,932	1,805	44,708	1,843	777		1.8
Ohio	47,104	1,476	48,151	1,191	1,046	*	2.2
Oklahoma	41,733	1,878	41,578	2,094	-155		-0.4
Oregon	45,950	1,784	49,331	1,887	3,382	*	7.4	*
Pennsylvania	48,795	1,316	49,145	1,234	350		0.7
Rhode Island	52,587	2,524	54,735	2,516	2,148	*	4.1

South Carolina	42,599	1,623	42,477	1,987	-122		-0.3
South Dakota	45,476	1,729	46,567	1,787	1,090	*	2.4
Tennessee	41,822	1,640	41,521	1,289	-301		-0.7
Texas	44,717	712	45,294	1,051	577	*	1.3
Utah	57,028	1,632	54,853	1,998	-2,175	*	-3.8
Vermont	52,902	1,882	50,423	1,825	-2,480	*	-4.7	*
Virginia	55,637	1,678	58,950	2,033	3,313	*	6.0	*
Washington	54,295	1,542	57,178	2,049	2,883	*	5.3	*
West Virginia	37,671	1,644	40,800	1,517	3,129	*	8.3	*
Wisconsin	48,811	1,840	52,218	1,501	3,407	*	7.0	*
Wyoming	48,663	1,939	48,560	1,967	-103		-0.2


* Statistically different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.

¹The 2-year-average median is the sum of two inflation-adjusted single-year medians divided by 2.
²A 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. For more information see "Standard
errors and their use" at <www.census.gov/hhes/www/p60_235sa.pdf>.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 to 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.

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