| Poverty level | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Below 50% of poverty threshold | 6.9 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 9.9 |
| 50–99% of poverty threshold | 11.4 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 12.1 |
| 100–199% of poverty threshold | 24.0 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 24.4 | 23.1 | 22.8 | 21.9 | 20.8 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 21.8 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 22.0 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.3 | 21.6 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.6 |
| 200–399% of poverty threshold | 41.1 | 39.3 | 37.8 | 36.8 | 37.5 | 37.4 | 36.9 | 37.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 36.6 | 35.3 | 34.5 | 33.0 | 33.3 | 34.2 | 33.7 | 34.1 | 33.2 | 32.5 | 33.8 | 33.0 | 32.5 | 31.8 | 32.1 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 31.6 | 31.5 | 30.4 | 29.4 |
| 400–599% of poverty threshold | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 |
| 600% of poverty threshold and above | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.4 |
| NOTE: Estimates refer to all children ages 0–17. The table shows income categories derived from the ratio of a family’s income to the family’s poverty threshold. In 2010, the poverty threshold for a family a four with two children was $22,113. For example, a family of four with 2 children would be living below 50% of the poverty threshold if their income was less than $11,056 (50 percent of $22,113). If the same family's income was at least $22,113 but less than $44,226 the family would be living at 100–199% of the poverty threshold. The 2004 data have been revised to reflect a correction to the weights in the 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC). Data for 1999, 2000, and 2001 use Census 2000 population controls. Data for 2000 onward are from the expanded Current Population Survey (CPS) sample. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
