Size of Household

Annual Income

1 Person

$14,000

2 Persons

17,600

3 Persons

20,200

4 Persons

22,200

5 Persons

23,900

6 Persons

25,400

 Table 1.  LIS Poverty Lines for the United States, 1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rainwater, Lee and Timothy M. Smeeding. Table 1.1 “LIS Poverty Lines for the United States, 1997.” In Poor Kids in a Rich Country. ©Russell Sage Foundation, 112 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10021.  Reprinted with permission.