No. 547. AVERAGE LOW INCOME LEVEL FOR NONFARM FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, BY SIZE OF FAMILY AND SEX OF HEAD: 1959, 1970, AND 1971

In dollars. Data exclude inmates of institutions, members of Armed Forces living in barracks, and unrelated individuals under 14 years of age. Families and unrelated individuals are classified as being above or below the low income level, using the poverty index adopted by a Federal Interagency Committee in 1969. This index centers around the Department of Agriculture's Economy Food Plan and reflects the differing consumption requirements of families based on their size and composition, sex and age of the family head, and farm-nonfarm residence. The low income cutoffs for farm families have been set at 85 percent of the nonfarm levels. These cutoffs are updated every year to reflect the changes in the Consumer Price Index. For further details, see source]

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, series P-60, Nos. 81 and 86, and P-23, No. 28.

No. 548. PERSONS BELOW LOW INCOME LEVEL, BY FAMILY STATUS,

AND SEX OF HEAD: 1959 TO 1971

AND RACE

[Persons as of March of year following year shown. See headnote, table 547. Beginning 1969, based on 1970 Census of Population controls; therefore, data not strictly comparable with earlier years]

For persons in families, sex of family head; for unrelated individuals, sex of individual.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, series P-60, No. 86.

No. 549. PERSONS BETWEEN 100 PERCENT AND 125 PERCENT OF LOW INCOME LEVEL: 1959 TO 1971

[Persons as of March of year following year shown. See headnote, table 517]

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, series P-60, No. 86.

No. 550. PERSONS BELOW LOW INCOME LEVEL, BY FAMILY STATUS AND AGE: 1959,

1967, AND 1971

[In thousands, except percent. As of April 1960 and March 1968, and 1972. See headnote, table 547]

1 Based on 1970 Census of Population controls and not strictly comparable with earlier years.

and unpublished data.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, series P-23, No. 37, series P-60, Nos. 81 and 86

No. 551. PERSONS AND FAMILIES BELOW LOW INCOME LEVEL-STATES: 1959 AND 1969

[Number in thousands. Persons and families as of April 1960 and 1970. For 1959, excludes all persons in group quarters. For 1969, excludes unrelated individuals under 14 years of age and specified types of group quarters, i.e. inmates of institutions, persons in Armed Forces living in barracks, and college students living in dormitories. Low income criteria computed on a national and farm-nonfarm basis only and not adjusted for regional, State, or other local variations in cost of living. See headnote, table 547]

Source: 1959, U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, unpublished data; 1969, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census of Population: 1970, vol. I.

No. 552. PERSONS BELOW LOW INCOME LEVEL AND AGGREGATE INCOME DEFICIT BY RACE OF HEAD AND FAMILY STATUS: 1959 TO 1971

[Number in thousands; amounts in millions of 1971 dollars, except percent. Families and unrelated individuals as of March of year following year shown. Income deficit defined as the difference between the total income of families and unrelated individuals below low income level and their respective low income thresholds. In computing the income deficit, families reporting a net income loss are assigned zero dollars; for such cases, the deficit is equal to the low income level. See headnote, table 547]

1 Based on 1970 Census of Population controls and not strictly comparable with earlier years.

No. 553. PERSONS BELOW LOW INCOME LEVEL, BY RESIDENCE, RACE, AND FAMILY STATUS: 1969 AND 1971

[Number in thousands. Persons as of March 1970 and 1972. See headnote, table 547. Metropolitan areas as defined in the 1970 Census of Population; for definition, see text, section 33]

Source of tables 552 and 553: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, series P-60, No. 86, and unpublished data.

No. 554. PERSONS BELOW LOW INCOME LEVEL, BY ORIGIN OR DESCENT: 1971 [In thousands, except percent. Persons as of March 1972. See headnote, table 547]

Total

Num- Percent

ber of total

Num- Percent
ber.

Num- Percent

of total

ber of total

No. 555. FAMILIES BELOW AND ABOVE LOW INCOME LEVEL, BY TYPE OF INCOME

Represents zero.

1 Unemployment and workmen's compensation, government employee pensions, and veterans' payments. Source of tables 554 and 555: U.8. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, series P-60, No. 86.