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{"definition": "Percent of the county population living in families with income below the poverty threshold; poverty status thresholds vary by family size, number of children, and age of householder. If a family pre-tax money income is less than the dollar value of their threshold, then that family and every individual in it are considered to be poor. For people not living in families, poverty status is determined by comparing the individual income to his or her poverty threshold. ", "availableYears": "2015", "name": "Poverty rate, 2015", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "POVRATE15", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "USDA Economic Research Service, Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America, using data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates."} |