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Historical Poverty Tables
Table 7. Poverty of People, by Sex: 1966 to 2006
(Numbers in Thousands)
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Male Female
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Below poverty Below poverty
All _______________ _______________
Year People Total Number Percent Total Number Percent
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2006........ 296,450 145,486 16,000 11.0 150,964 20,460 13.6
2005........ 293,135 143,803 15,950 11.1 149,331 21,000 14.1
2004 14/.... 290,617 142,433 16,399 11.5 148,183 20,641 13.9
2003........ 287,699 140,931 15,783 11.2 146,768 20,078 13.7
2002........ 285,317 139,558 15,162 10.9 145,759 19,408 13.3
2001........ 281,475 137,558 14,327 10.4 143,917 18,580 12.9
2000 12/.... 278,944 136,274 13,536 9.9 142,670 18,045 12.6
1999 11/.... 276,208 134,823 14,079 10.4 141,385 18,712 13.2
1998........ 271,059 132,408 14,712 11.1 138,652 19,764 14.3
1997........ 268,480 131,376 15,187 11.6 137,105 20,387 14.9
1996........ 266,218 130,353 15,611 12.0 135,865 20,918 15.4
1995........ 263,733 128,852 15,683 12.2 134,880 20,742 15.4
1994........ 261,616 127,838 16,316 12.8 133,778 21,744 16.3
1993 10/... 259,278 126,668 16,900 13.3 132,610 22,365 16.9
1992 9/... 256,549 125,288 16,222 12.9 131,261 21,792 16.6
1991 8/... 251,192 122,418 15,082 12.3 128,774 20,626 16.0
1990........ 248,644 121,073 14,211 11.7 127,571 19,373 15.2
1989........ 245,992 119,704 13,366 11.2 126,288 18,162 14.4
1988........ 243,530 118,399 13,599 11.5 125,131 18,146 14.5
1987 7/... 240,890 117,123 14,029 12.0 123,767 18,518 15.0
1986........ 238,554 115,915 13,721 11.8 122,640 18,649 15.2
1985........ 236,594 114,970 14,140 12.3 121,624 18,923 15.6
1984........ 233,816 113,391 14,537 12.8 120,425 19,163 15.9
1983 6/... 231,700 112,280 15,182 13.5 119,332 20,084 16.8
1982........ 229,412 111,175 14,842 13.4 118,237 19,556 16.5
1981 5/... 227,157 110,010 13,360 12.1 117,147 18,462 15.8
1980........ 225,027 108,990 12,207 11.2 116,037 17,065 14.7
1979 4/... 222,903 105,542 10,535 10.0 112,306 14,810 13.2
1978........ 215,656 104,480 10,017 9.6 111,175 14,480 13.0
1977........ 213,867 103,629 10,340 10.0 110,238 14,381 13.0
1976........ 212,303 102,955 10,373 10.1 109,348 14,603 13.4
1975........ 210,864 102,211 10,908 10.7 108,652 14,970 13.8
1974 3/... 209,343 101,523 10,313 10.2 107,743 13,881 12.9
1973........ 207,621 100,694 9,642 9.6 106,898 13,316 12.5
1972........ 206,004 99,804 10,190 10.2 106,168 14,258 13.4
1971 2/... 204,554 99,232 10,708 10.8 105,298 14,841 14.1
1970........ 202,489 98,228 10,879 11.1 104,248 14,632 14.0
1969........ 199,848 96,802 10,292 10.6 103,037 13,978 13.6
1968........ 197,618 95,681 10,793 11.3 101,919 14,578 14.3
1967 1/... 195,677 94,796 11,813 12.5 100,861 15,951 15.8
1966........ 193,390 93,718 12,225 13.0 99,637 16,265 16.3
Footnotes
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Poverty and Health Statistics Branch/HHES Division
U. S. Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Washington, DC 20233-8500
(301) 763-3242
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
