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Children and Families Living in Poverty
<br />Children and families living in poverty is defined as those families with children whose income is below
<br />the federal poverty level. The federal poverty can change from year to year, and are calculated based
<br />on family size and composition. Table 7 below shows the 2013 poverty thresholds. So, a family
<br />consisting of two adults and two children was considered to be living in poverty if their annual income
<br />was below $23,624.
<br />Table 7: Poverty Thresholds for 2013 by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years, Indian River
<br />Size of family unit
<br />Weighted
<br />average
<br />thresholdsmore
<br />Related children under 18 years
<br />None
<br />One
<br />Two
<br />Three
<br />Four
<br />Five
<br />Six
<br />Seven
<br />Eight
<br />or
<br />One person (unrelated
<br />individual)
<br />11,888
<br />Under 65 years
<br />12,119
<br />12,119
<br />65 years and over
<br />11,173
<br />11,173
<br />Two people
<br />15,142
<br />Householder under 65 years
<br />15,679
<br />15,600
<br />16,057
<br />Householder 65 years and
<br />over
<br />14,095
<br />14,081
<br />15,996
<br />Three people
<br />18,552
<br />18,222
<br />18,751
<br />18,769
<br />Four people
<br />23,834
<br />24,028
<br />24,421
<br />23,624
<br />23,707
<br />Five people
<br />28,265
<br />28,977
<br />29,398
<br />28,498
<br />27,801
<br />27,376
<br />Six people
<br />31,925
<br />33,329
<br />33,461
<br />32,771
<br />32,110
<br />31,128
<br />30,545
<br />Seven people
<br />36,384
<br />38,349
<br />38,588
<br />37,763
<br />37,187
<br />36,115
<br />34,865
<br />33,493
<br />Eight people
<br />40,484
<br />42,890
<br />43,269
<br />42,490
<br />41,807
<br />40,839
<br />39,610
<br />38,331
<br />38,006
<br />Nine people or more
<br />48,065
<br />51,594
<br />51,844
<br />51,154
<br />50,575
<br />49,625
<br />48,317
<br />47,134
<br />46,842
<br />45,037
<br />Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2014
<br />Compiled: Health Council of Southeast Florida, 2015
<br />15IPage - Indian River County Children's Assessment 2014
<br />128.17
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