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	Poverty in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Census Bureau issues the poverty thresholds, which are generally used for statistical purposes—for example, to estimate the number of persons in poverty nationwide each year and classify them by type of residence, race, and other social, economic, and demographic characteristics.
		The "absolute poverty line" is the threshold below which families or individuals are considered to be lacking the resources to meet the basic needs for healthy living; having insufficient income to provide the food, shelter and clothing needed to preserve health.
		The official poverty rate in the U.S. has increased for four consecutive years, from a 26-year low of 11.3% in 2000 to 12.7% in 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States (1400 words)

	Analysis of Census Bureau's Income and Poverty Report for 1998 -- Revised 10/4/99
		The poverty rate last year remained higher than in nearly all years of the 1970s, even though the unemployment rate was considerably lower last year than in any year of the 1970s.
		Although the child poverty rate for 1998 appears to be the lowest since 1980, the child poverty rate was considerably lower in the late 1960s and all years of the 1970s.
		The poverty rate among full-time year-round workers rose from 2.5 percent in 1997 to 2.9 percent in 1998, a statistically significant increase.
	www.cbpp.org /9-30-99pov.htm (2061 words)

	Poverty in the United States, by Isabel V. Sawhill: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and ...
		The poverty rate among the elderly, for example, after declining dramatically from 35.2 percent in 1959 to 12.2 percent in 1990, is now lower than for the rest of the population.
		Indeed, the incidence of poverty was as high in the late eighties as it was in the late sixties, and the average poverty rate for the eighties was 2 percentage points higher than the average for the seventies.
		Factors that have increased the poverty rate include, in order of importance, the increase in the unemployment rate, the growth of female-headed families, and (possibly) an increase in dysfunctional behavior associated with the rise of the underclass.
	www.econlib.org /library/Enc/PovertyintheUnitedStates.html (2680 words)

	Who was poor in 2004?
		In 1979, the average central city poverty rate was 15.7 percent; at its highest point, in 1993, it was 21.5; by 2003 it was 17.5 percent, almost twice the rate for the suburbs (9.1 percent).
		Using alternative definitions of poverty based on the NAS study, the poverty rate for 2002 was in general higher than under the official measure, depending on the particular definition of medical costs and on whether geographic differences were taken into account (see the 2002 Poverty Report, Table 7, "Alternative Poverty Estimates").
		Table 2 presents poverty rates by state for 2002–2004 and earlier years, based on 3-year averages (state poverty rates in a single year are not very reliable, owing to small sample sizes; thus the latest available rates are for 2002–2004).
	www.irp.wisc.edu /faqs/faq3.htm (1631 words)

	National Poverty Center - The University of Michigan
		Poverty guidelines are a simplified version of poverty thresholds and are issued by the Department of Health and Human Services to determine financial eligibility for certain federal programs.
		In 1993 the poverty rate was 15.1 percent.
		The rate declined for the remainder of the decade, to 11.3 percent by 2000.
	www.npc.umich.edu /poverty (1476 words)

	Facts about Poverty
		The rate of poverty among children was 16.7%, significantly higher than the poverty rate for the population as a whole.
		The poverty rate for children is significantly higher (roughly 50% higher) than the rates for other age groups.
		Poverty is not defined for people in military barracks, institutional group quarters, or for unrelated individuals under age 15 (such as foster children).
	www.osjspm.org /101_poverty.htm (998 words)

	How We Measure Poverty
		Poverty thresholds are used mainly for statistical purposes and research, such as preparing estimates of the number of Americans in poverty each year.
		Poverty guidelines are issued at the beginning of each year, generally in February or March, and are used to determine eligibility for poverty programs such as the Oregon Health Plan.
		Orshansky based her poverty thresholds on the "thrifty food plan," which was the cheapest of four food plans developed by the Department of Agriculture.
	www.ocpp.org /poverty/how.htm (1415 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: More Americans in poverty and uninsured, Census says
		The U.S. poverty level for 2003 was an average of $9,393 for a one-member household and $18,810 for a four-member family.
		The poverty rate for children rose from 16.7 percent in 2002 to 17.6 percent in 2003.
		In contrast to the poverty trends, the number of children without health coverage fell by 158,000 between 2002 and 2003, leaving the uninsured rate for children at 11.4 percent.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002017115_poverty27.html (1094 words)

	Poverty Rate Among Working Single-Mother Families - Press Release - 8/16/01
		The poverty rate among people in these families, after government benefits and taxes are taken into account, was 19.4 percent in 1999, about the same level as in 1995, when it stood at 19.2 percent.
		While the poverty rate for people in working single-mother families — the proportion of such people with incomes below the poverty line — was essentially the same in 1999 as in 1995, those working single-mother families that were poor grew poorer, on average, during this period.
		This unsettling trend is found in census data on the "poverty gap," which measures the depth and severity of poverty.
	www.centeronbudget.org /8-16-01wel-pr.htm (749 words)

	Derivation of 1993, 1995 and 1997 Poverty Rate Estimates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Poverty rate estimates are calculated from estimates of the population in poverty (POVPOP) and the population for which poverty status has been determined (POVBASE).
		HUD poverty rate estimates are calculated using: the SAIPE data; 1990 census data on city, county, and minor civil division (MCD) poverty population and total population; and city, county, and MCD population estimates for 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1998.
		Poverty rate estimates for New England County Metropolitan Areas (NECMAs) and county-based Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs/PMSAs) outside of New England are derived by summing CNTYPOVPOP and CNTYPOVBASE estimates for all counties in each metropolitan area providing MAPOVPOP and MAPOVBASE.
	socds.huduser.org /CENSUS/derived.htm (338 words)

	Child Poverty Rate Improves Significantly In Many States Since 1993
		The child poverty rate has improved in most states since 1993 according to a new study by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), a non-partisan research center at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.
		The NCCP study, Child Poverty in the States: Levels and Trends from 1979 to 1998, separated long-term child poverty trends into two periods that are defined by the national business cycle and by major changes in state and federal policies affecting low-income families.
		Michigan is a prime example of a state that improved its child poverty rate in the 1993-1998 period but failed to recover much of the ground lost to child poverty from 1979-1993, when its poverty rate increased by 121 percent.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/pr/00/08/poverty.html (1126 words)

	Despite more jobs, US poverty rate rises \| csmonitor.com
		Rates for child poverty and the uninsured were unchanged - after experiencing a rise the year before - and most measures of income gap showed no change.
		While the number of those in poverty increased by 1.1 million from 2003 to 2004, to a total of 37 million, Asians were the only group whose poverty rate declined, while non-Hispanic whites were the only group to show an increase.
		She and others say that poverty could be reduced if the government were to create and commit to more programs that focus on the working poor.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0831/p02s01-usec.htm (1033 words)

	Poverty in the United States
		The poverty rate of children under 18 remained higher than that of 18- to- 64-year-olds and that of seniors aged 65 and over (10.8% and 10.2%, respectively, both unchanged from 2002).
		In contrast, the poverty rates and numbers in poverty increased for both female householders with no husband present (to 28.0% and 3.9 million in 2003, up from 26.5% and 3.6 million in 2002) and male householders with no wife present (to 13.5% and 640,000 in 2003, up from 12.1% and 560,000 in 2002).
		In 2003, the poverty rates for the Northeast (11.3%), Midwest (10.7%), South (14.1%), and West (12.6%) all were unchanged from 2002, leaving the South with the highest rate.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0104520.html (613 words)

	Poverty USA -- Catholic Campaign for Human Development -- A hand up, not a hand out.
		For the third consecutive year, the poverty rate and the number of Americans living in poverty both rose from the prior years.
		The official poverty rate in 2003 (the most current year for which figures are available) was 12.5 percent, up from 12.1 percent in 2002.
		In the Midwest, 10.7 percent of all people live in poverty, compared to 11.3 percent for the Northeast, 12.6 percent for the West, and 14.1 for the South – the highest of all.
	www.usccb.org /cchd/povertyusa/povfacts.htm (537 words)

	Poverty rate still higher for working women, MLR: The Editor's Desk
		Although the poverty rates for working men and working women both fell in 1999, the rate for women was still higher than the rate for men.
		The poverty rate for working women was 5.9 percent in 1999, down from 6.3 percent in 1998.
		These data on poverty rates are from the Current Population Survey.
	www.bls.gov /opub/ted/2001/mar/wk4/art01.htm (252 words)

	U.S. poverty rate up in '03, census reports - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - August 27, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Locally, the poverty rate declined slightly in Washington, although the poverty rate in the District remained the nation's sixth-highest at about one in six persons, declining from 17.6 percent in 2001-02 to 16.9 percent in 2002-03.
		The five states with higher poverty rates in 2002-03 than the District are Arkansas (18.8 percent), Louisiana (17.2 percent), Mississippi (17.2 percent), New Mexico (18.0 percent) and West Virginia (17.1 percent).
		Maryland's poverty rate was 8.0 percent, or 49th among the 51 jurisdictions compared, and Virginia's 10.0 percent ranked it 36th.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20040827-121107-4449r.htm (889 words)

	California Budget Project - California’s Poverty Rate Drops to 1989 Level; Incomes, Health Coverage Rise (9/27/01) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		According to newly released Census data, the poverty rate both in California and the nation dropped in 2000, continuing a several year trend.
		The poverty rate for California fell by nearly a percentage point from 13.8 percent in 1999 to 12.9 percent in 2000.
		California's 2000 poverty rate was the same as it was in 1989, the peak of the last economic expansion.
	www.cbp.org /2001/qh010927.html (820 words)

	USATODAY.com - Census: U.S. poverty up and income down in 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. poverty rate rose for the first time in eight years and household income fell last year, a double dose of bad economic news that coincided with the first recession in a decade, the Census Bureau said Tuesday.
		Many analysts had predicted that the poverty rate — which is calculated annually by the Census Bureau — would rise in 2001 as unemployment rose and the economy slipped into recession.
		Blacks had the highest poverty rate — 22.7%, up from 22.5% — and income fell from $30,495 to $29,470, the largest decline in 19 years.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2002-09-24-census-poverty_x.htm (469 words)

	Poverty 2003 Highlights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		For children under 18 years old, both the poverty rate and the number in poverty rose between 2002 and 2003, from 16.7 percent to 17.6 percent, and from 12.1 million to 12.9 million, respectively.
		The poverty rate of children under 18 remained higher than that of 18-to-64 years olds and that of seniors aged 65 and over (10.8 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively, both unchanged from 2002).
		The poverty rate in 2003 (12.5 percent) is 9.9 percentage points lower than in 1959, the first year for which poverty estimates are available.
	www.census.gov /hhes/poverty/poverty03/pov03hi.html (274 words)

	US poverty rate rose to 12.7 percent in 2004
		Meanwhile, the nation’s official poverty rate rose from 12.5 percent in 2003 to 12.7 percent in 2004.
		In 2004, the poverty rate declined for Asians (9.8 percent in 2004, down from 11.8 percent in 2003), remained unchanged for Hispanics (21.9 percent) and fls (24.7 percent) and rose for non-Hispanic whites (8.6 percent in 2004, up from 8.2 percent in 2003).
		The poverty rate increased for people 18 to 64 years old (from 10.8 percent in 2003 to 11.3 percent in 2004), but declined for those age 65 and older (from 10.2 percent in 2003 to 9.8 percent in 2004).
	www.finfacts.com /irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10003057.shtml (2165 words)

	AEI - Short Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In theory, the poverty rate is meant to measure material deprivation within the American population.
		In 1965, the poverty rate was devised to help fight the recently declared “War on Poverty” and was perforce fashioned out of readily available data: the Census Bureau’s annual household income figures, some 1961 food budgets prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and an old USDA food consumption survey.
		Despite all that, the official poverty rate actually maintains that a higher proportion of Americans lived in poverty in 2000 than in 1973 (11.3 percent versus 11.1 percent).
	www.aei.org /publications/pubID.13711/pub_detail.asp (1277 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| US poverty rate continues to rise
		The last time poverty fell in the US was in 2000 when there were 31.1 million people officially classed as poor.
		Sheldon Danziger, co-director of the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan, said poverty rates were still much better than in the early nineties.
		Poverty levels are based on the bureau's population surveys, carried out over three months, beginning in February, with about 100,000 households nationally.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/4198668.stm (338 words)

	Report: 1.3 million more Americans in poverty - Martin Wolk: Eye on the Economy - MSNBC.com
		The poverty rate has risen from a recent low of 11.3 percent in 2000, meaning an additional 4.3 million people are living in poverty as defined by the government.
		The poverty rate, originally defined in the early 1960s to measure success in the War on Poverty, is a politically important figure, although the government’s methodology has been criticized for failing to account for increased living standards.
		Greenstein said the rising poverty rate largely is a reflection of a weak economy, but he also blamed the "unwise policy choices" of the Bush administration in engineering tax cuts that primarily benefited the wealthy.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5829707 (1506 words)

	Census Bureau says 1.3 million more Americans in poverty - Aug. 26, 2004
		The percentage of the U.S. population living in poverty rose to 12.5 percent from 12.1 percent -- as the poverty rate among children jumped to its highest level in 10 years, the Census Bureau said in an annual report.
		The rate of child poverty rose to 17.6 percent from 16.7 percent in 2002 -- boosting the number of poor children to 12.9 million.
		The poverty rate of of African Americans remained nearly twice the national rate, with 24.4 percent of fls living below the poverty line in 2003, slightly higher from 24.1 percent a year earlier.
	money.cnn.com /2004/08/26/news/economy/poverty_survey?cnn=yes (755 words)

	CBS News \| Poverty: Where It's Worst In The U.S. \| October 30, 2002 06:03:51
		Nationally, 17 percent of children 17 and younger lived in poverty in 1999, down from 19 percent in 1998 and 23 percent in 1993, the earliest year with which data can be compared.
		For instance, in 1999 the poverty line for a family of four with two children was an income of $16,895 a year.
		For instance, Owsley County, Ky. had the highest child poverty rate in 1993 at 65 percent; by 1999, it had fallen to 44.7 percent, the eighth highest rate in the nation.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/09/23/national/main522988.shtml (743 words)

	2004 Federal Poverty Guidelines
		The poverty guidelines are sometimes loosely referred to as the “federal poverty level” (FPL), but that phrase is ambiguous and should be avoided, especially in situations (e.g., legislative or administrative) where precision is important.
		The poverty guidelines are not defined for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau.
		The poverty guidelines may be formally referenced as “the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. Go to Further Resources on the Poverty Guidelines/Thresholds/Lines and Their History
	aspe.hhs.gov /poverty/04poverty.shtml (758 words)

	USATODAY.com - 1.1 million Americans joined ranks of the poor in 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The four-year increase in poverty under President Bush is the worst since his father was in office.
		The poverty rate rose for five years from 1989 to 1993, as it had from 1979 to 1983.
		The poverty rate for children was 17.8%, up slightly from 17.6% in 2003.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-08-30-census-poverty_x.htm (730 words)

	JS Online:State's poverty rate rises fastest in nation
		Poverty in Wisconsin increased faster than in any other state in 2003 and 2004, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, and Milwaukee climbed last year into the top 10 of the nation's poorest cities, reaching seventh.
		That poverty rate for children ranks the city fourth in the nation, tied with Miami.
		The poverty rate for the state, averaged over 2003-'04, increased by 1.9 percentage points and reached 11%, the highest figure since 1993-'94, according to the Census Bureau estimates.
	www.jsonline.com /news/state/aug05/351964.asp (1636 words)

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