Living in Near Poverty in the United States: 1966-2012. Current Population Reports.

摘要

The official U.S. poverty thresholds create an explicit boundary that defines who lives in poverty, and the U.S. Census Bureau reports annually on this vulnerable population (DeNavas-Walt, Proctor, and Smith, 2013). Less is known about the low-income population living just above official poverty thresholds. This report describes individuals and families living near poverty, those individuals whose family incomes are close to, but not below, official poverty thresholds.