Table 2.2a: Four-Person Family in
Poverty by Race and Marital Status
|
|
Families
Above Poverty Line
|
Families
in
Poverty
|
Total
Families
|
|
|
Row%
|
Count
|
Row%
|
Count
|
Row%
|
Count
|
|
White
|
95.0% |
7,506,028 |
5.0% |
391,469 |
100% |
7,897,497 |
|
Black
|
94.7 |
606,921 |
5.3 |
33,995 |
100 |
640,916 |
|
Hispanic1
|
82.8 |
799,662 |
17.2 |
165,702 |
100 |
965,364 |
|
Total
Married
|
94.9 |
8,479,682 |
5.1 |
460,218 |
100 |
8,939,900 |
|
|
Source:
Heritage Calculations from the 1999 Current Population
Survey
Note: Hispanics may be of any race
Table 2.2b: Poverty
Threshold
|
|
Poverty Threshold (2000)
|
|
Married,
2 Children
|
$
17,463
|
|
Single,
3 Children
|
17,524
|
|
|
Source:
Heritage Calculations from the 1999 Current Population
Survey
Note: Hispanics may be of any race
|
