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As you can see, the level changes with the number of household members. For a family of two, the poverty line is set at a household income of $15,730 per year. As of the last Census in 2010, 15.1% of the U.S. lives in poverty.
In the United States the official threshold to be considered living in poverty for a family of one is $10,890. If you have more people in your family the number goes up a little.