Poverty
This section includes current and historical poverty thresholds for different family sizes; income and payroll taxes for low-income families.

  • Individual Taxes
    Amount of selected taxes and transfers for a single parent with two children at various levels of poverty, assuming no earnings January through June and equal earnings July through December, by state.
  • Individual Taxes
    Income thresholds (in dollars) for poverty, income tax, and payroll tax, by size of family, 1995 to 2013.
  • Individual Taxes
    Poverty thresholds (in dollars) by size of family and number of related children, 1990 to 2023.
  • Individual Taxes
    Income limits and mean income for each quintile of household income, 1967 through 2022.
  • Individual Taxes
    Amount of income, income taxes paid, and payroll taxes paid (in dollars and as a share of wages) by married couples at the poverty threshold, 1970 to 2011.
  • Individual Taxes
    Amount of selected taxes and transfers for a single parent with two children at various levels of poverty, assuming equal earnings all year, by state.
Related to Low-Income
Low-IncomeEITC