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The
poverty data were derived from answers to the long-form questionnaire,
the same questions used to derive income data. The Census Bureau uses
the federal government’s official poverty definition. The
Social Security Administration (SSA) developed the original poverty
definition in 1964, which federal interagency committees subsequently
revised in 1969 and 1980. The Office of Management and Budget ’s
(OMB) Directive 14 prescribes this definition as the official poverty
measure for federal agencies to use in their statistical work.
To
determine a person's poverty status, one compares the person's total
family income with the poverty threshold appropriate for that person's
family size and composition. If the total income of that
person's family is less than the threshold appropriate for that
family, then the person is considered poor, together with every member
of his or her family. If a person is not living with anyone
related by birth, marriage, or adoption, then the person's own income
is compared with his or her poverty threshold.
(Source: US Census Bureau 2000)
How the Census
Bureau Measures Poverty
Poverty
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COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
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Poverty
Status by Age