Families Below 100 Percent of Poverty Level,* by Family Type, 2005**
- Female householder, no husband present 52.8%
- Married-couple families: 38.4%
- Male householder, no wife present: 8.7%
*The U.S. Census Bureau poverty threshold for a family of four was $19,971 in 2005.↑
**Totals do not equal 100 percent due to rounding.↑
Source: DeNavas-Walt, Carmen, Bernadette D. Proctor, and Cheryl Hill Lee, U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-231, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2006. http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-231.pdf, accessed 5/10/07.
