Kids Count Data Center

Poverty

Percent of Child Population Below the Poverty Line (1999)

LNE stands for "Low Number Event", less than 200 cases in denominator.

Children in Puerto Rico: Results from the 2000 Census, Mark Mather, Population Reference Bureau, August 2003.

The share of children under 18 years of age who live in families with incomes below the U.S. poverty threshold, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. The federal poverty definition consists of a series of thresholds based on family size and composition. In 1999, the poverty threshold for a family of two adults and two children was $16,895. Poverty status is not determined for people in military barracks or institutional quarters, or for unrelated individuals under the age of 15 (such as foster children).