Supplemental Notes

Note 1: Commonly Used Variables (2012)

Table B-2. Weighted average poverty thresholds, by household size: Selected years, 1990–2010

[In current dollars]
Household size
Year	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9 or more
1990	$8,509	$10,419	$13,359	$15,792	$17,839	$20,241	$22,582	$26,848
1995	9,933	12,158	15,569	18,408	20,804	23,552	26,237	31,280
2000	11,239	13,738	17,603	20,819	23,528	26,754	29,701	35,060
2001	11,569	14,128	18,104	21,405	24,195	27,517	30,627	36,286
2002	11,756	14,348	18,392	21,744	24,576	28,001	30,907	37,062
2003	12,015	14,680	18,810	22,245	25,122	28,544	31,589	37,656
2004	12.334	15,067	19,307	22,831	25,788	29,236	32,641	39,048
2005	12,755	15,577	19,971	23,613	26,683	30,249	33,610	40,288
2006	13,167	16,079	20,614	24,382	27,560	31,205	34,774	41,499
2007	13,542	16,537	21,201	21,201	28,345	32,094	35,764	42,681
2008	14,051	17,163	22,025	26,049	29,456	33,529	37,220	44,346
2009	13,991	17,098	21,954	25,991	29,405	33,372	37,252	44,366
2010	14,218	17,374	22,314	26,439	29,897	34,009	37,934	45,220

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS). Retrieved March 9, 2011 from http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/.

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