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Understanding the U.S. poverty line
The following table shows the U.S. poverty thresholds for 2011 by size of family and number of related children under the age of 18. All figures are in dollars. For example, a family with two adults and three children is considered to be living in poverty if the family's income in 2011 is below $26,844.
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Size of Family Unit
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Related Children under 18 Years
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None
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One
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Two
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Three
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Four
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Five
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One person (unrelated individual)
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Under 65 years
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11,702
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65 years and over
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10,788
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Two persons
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Households under 65 years
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15,063
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15,504
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Households 65 years and over
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13,596
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15,446
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Three persons
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17,595
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18,106
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18,123
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Four persons
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23,201
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23,581
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22,811
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22,891
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Five persons
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27,979
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28,386
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27,517
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26,844
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26,434
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Six persons
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32,181
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32,309
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31,643
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31,005
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30,056
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29,494
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Seven persons
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31,029
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37,260
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36,463
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35,907
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34,872
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33,665
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Eight persons
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41,414
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41,779
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41,027
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40,368
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39,433
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38,247
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Nine persons or more
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49,818
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50,059
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49,393
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48,835
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47,917
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46,654
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Source: "Poverty Thresholds by Size of Family and Number of Children, 2011", United States Census Bureau, last modified September 12, 2012, accessed September 24, 2012, https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/threshld/.
Neha and Lorenzo are married, under the age of 65, and have five children under the age of 18. Lorenzo works full time and earns $20,000, while Neha works part time and earns $9,000. Thus, in total, their family income is $29,000. Are Lorenzo and Neha living in poverty?
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