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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.
Approximately 11% of all families in the United States were in poverty. Poverty rates by type of family ranged from 6% to 31%. The poverty rates by type of family were:1  6% of married couple families were poor. 2  16% of families with male householder, no wife present were poor.3  31% of families with a female householder, no husband present were poor.pproximately 11% of all families in the United States were in poverty. Poverty rates by type of family ranged from 6% to 31%. The poverty rates by type of family were: