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    Low Income Lines, 2008-2009

    Annex
    Historical low income cut-offs (LICOs) for the base years 1959 (for 1969), 1969, 1978, and 1986

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    Table A.1
    Low-income cut-offs (LICOs), 1959 base, before tax
      All areas
    (no distinction by community size)
    Size of family unit
    1 person 2 persons 3 persons 4 persons 5 or more persons
    Current dollars
    1969 1,894 3,157 3,788 4,420 5,051
    Note: The 1959-based low-income cut-offs were published only starting with 1969.

     

    Table A.2
    Low-income cut-offs (LICOs), 1969 base, before tax
    Size of family unit Community size
    Rural areas Urban areas
    Less than 30,000 30,000 to 99,999 100,000 to 499,999 500,000 and over
    1969 Current dollars
    1 person 1,890 2,174 2,363 2,434 2,599
    2 persons 2,741 3,152 3,426 3,529 3,769
    3 persons 3,498 4,022 4,372 4,503 4,809
    4 persons 4,159 4,783 5,199 5,355 5,719
    5 persons 4,650 5,347 5,812 5,986 6,393
    6 persons 5,104 5,870 6,380 6,571 7,018
    7 or more persons 5,596 6,435 6,995 7,205 7,695

     

    Table A.3
    Low-income cut-offs (LICOs), 1978 base, before tax
    Size of family unit Community size
    Rural areas Urban areas
    Less than 30,000 30,000 to 99,999 100,000 to 499,999 500,000 and over
    1978 Current dollars
    1 person 4,400 4,900 5,300 5,650 5,950
    2 persons 5,750 6,450 6,950 7,450 7,850
    3 persons 7,700 8,650 9,300 9,950 10,500
    4 persons 8,900 10,000 10,750 11,500 12,100
    5 persons 10,350 11,600 12,450 13,350 14,100
    6 persons 11,300 12,650 13,600 14,550 15,400
    7 or more persons 12,450 13,950 15,000 16,050 16,950
    Note: After-tax LICOs were never published on a 1959 base, 1969 base, or 1978 base.

     

    Table A.4
    Low-income cut-offs (LICOs), 1986 base, before tax
    Size of family unit Community size
    Rural areas Urban areas
    Less than 30,000 30,000 to 99,999 100,000 to 499,999 500,000 and over
    1986 Current dollars
    1 person 8,065 9,266 10,165 10,405 11,847
    2 persons 10,933 12,561 13,779 14,105 16,059
    3 persons 13,896 15,966 17,514 17,928 20,412
    4 persons 15,999 18,382 20,164 20,641 23,501
    5 persons 17,480 20,084 22,031 22,552 25,677
    6 persons 18,974 21,800 23,914 24,479 27,871
    7 or more persons 20,408 23,448 25,721 26,329 29,977

     

    Table A.5
    Low-income cut-offs (LICOs), 1986 base, after tax
    Size of family unit Community size
    Rural areas Urban areas
    Less than 30,000 30,000 to 99,999 100,000 to 499,999 500,000 and over
    1986 Current dollars
    1 person 6,414 7,532 8,381 8,607 10,045
    2 persons 8,696 10,212 11,364 11,669 13,620
    3 persons 11,258 13,220 14,711 15,107 17,632
    4 persons 13,242 15,550 17,304 17,769 20,739
    5 persons 14,407 16,919 18,826 19,333 22,565
    6 persons 15,399 18,083 20,123 20,664 24,118
    7 or more persons 16,372 19,226 21,394 21,969 25,641
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