2. Understanding the U.S. poverty line

The following table shows the U.S. poverty thresholds for 2018 by size of family and number of related children under the age of 18. All figures are in dollars. For example, a family with two adults and three children is considered to be living in poverty if the family's income in 2018 is below $29,967.

Size of Family Unit Related Children under 18 Years None One Two Three Four Five One person (unrelated individual) Under 65 years 13,064 65 years and over 12,043 Two persons Households under 65 years 16,815 17,308 Households 65 years and over 15,178 17,242 Three persons 19,642 20,212 20,231 Four persons 25,900 26,324 25,465 25,554 Five persons 31,234 31,689 30,718 29,967 29,509 Six persons 35,925 36,068 35,324 34,612 33,553 32,925 Seven persons 41,336 41,594 40,705 40,085 38,929 37,581 Eight persons 46,231 46,640 45,800 45,064 44,021 42,696 Nine persons or more 55,613 55,883 55,140 54,516 53,491 52,082