Table 1
Percentage of Related Children1 in the United States Under Age 18 Living Below Selected Poverty Thresholds,2 by Age, Race and Hispanic Origin:3 Selected Years, 1975-2006
	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Under 50% of poverty	5	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Race/Ethnicity
White	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	-	-	-	-	-
White "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5
Black	14	17	21	22	20	20	20	17	15	14	16	-	-	-	-	-
Black "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	17	17	17	16
Hispanic	-	-	-	14	16	14	16	13	11	9	10	11	11	10	11	10
Mexican	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-
Puerto Rican	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-
Asian or Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-
Asian "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	4	5
Under 100% of poverty	17	18	20	20	20	20	19	18	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Race/Ethnicity
White	13	13	16	15	16	16	15	14	13	12	13	-	-	-	-	-
White "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	14	14	14	14
Black	41	42	43	44	42	40	37	36	33	31	30	-	-	-	-	-
Black "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	34	33	34	33
Hispanic	33	33	40	38	39	40	36	34	30	27	27	28	30	29	28	27
Mexican	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	29	-	-	-	-	-
Puerto Rican	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	33	-	-	-	-	-
Asian or Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	11	-	-	-	-	-
Asian "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	10	11	12
Under 150% of poverty	30	29	32	31	32	31	30	29	28	26	27	28	28	28	28	28
Race/Ethnicity
White	24	24	26	25	26	26	26	24	23	22	23	-	-	-	-	-
White "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	24	24	24	24
Black	60	57	59	57	56	56	51	52	48	45	46	-	-	-	-
Black "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	48	48	49	48
Hispanic	-	-	-	55	59	57	56	52	49	47	46	47	48	47	46	46
Mexican	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	49	-	-	-	-	-
Puerto Rican	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	48	-	-	-	-	-
Asian or Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	21	-	-	-	-	-
Asian "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	21	19	19	20
Under 200% of poverty	43	42	43	42	43	43	41	40	38	37	38	38	39	39	38	39
Race/Ethnicity
White	38	37	38	37	37	37	36	34	33	32	34	-	-	-	-	-
White "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	34	35	34	34
Black	73	70	71	68	68	68	64	64	60	59	57	-	-	-	-	-
Black "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59	61	60	61	60
Hispanic	-	-	-	69	73	72	69	66	64	62	61	62	62	62	60	61
Mexican	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	65	64	-	-	-	-	-
Puerto Rican	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	59	-	-	-	-	-
Asian or Pacific Islander	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	30	-	-	-	-	-
Asian "Only"*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	29	29	28	26
												-	-	-
*Note: Estimates by race for 2002 and later years have been revised to reflect the new OMB race definitions, and include only those who are identified with a single race.
'- indicates data not available
1Related children include biological children, stepchildren, and adopted children of the householder and all other children in the household related to the householder (or reference person) by blood, marriage, or adoption.
2The poverty level is based on pre-tax money income and does not include noncash benefits (such as Food Stamps) or the Earned Income Tax Credit.  Poverty thresholds reflect family size and composition and are adjusted each year using the annual average Consumer Price Index (CPI) level.  The average poverty threshold was $18,660 in 2003 for a family of four with two children.  The levels shown here are derived from the ratio of the family's income to the family's poverty threshold.
3 Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. Estimates for whites and blacks include persons of Hispanic origin.
Sources: Data for 1975-1997:  Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth 1999. Table ES 1.2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; Data for 1998-2003: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series   P-60, Detailed Poverty Tables, Table 2 at http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/pov/new01_100_01.htm.  Data for 2004: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey 2005
Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Detailed Poverty Tables, Table 5 at http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032005/pov/toc.htm.  Data for 2005: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Detailed Poverty Tables, Table 5 at http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/pov/toc.htm.  Data for 2006: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Detailed Poverty Tables, Table POV03 at http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032007/pov/toc.htm.