Family Poverty - San Bernardino County Community Indicators (2024)

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For an individual, the annual income to be considered in poverty is less than $12,490. For two people with no children, the poverty threshold is an annual income of $16,910.

Poverty Level by Family Structure and Ages of Children in San Bernardino County, 2019. Residents in the City of San Bernardino had the highest rate of families living in poverty (17.2%), while Chino Hills had the lowest rate (2.6%).

A poverty threshold is determined based on a family's total income. If total household income is less than the federally set family income threshold, the government considers it to be in poverty. It's calculated using income before taxes, and the DHHS updates it for inflation using the Consumer Price Index.

The poverty rate is the ratio of the number of people (in a given age group) whose income falls below the poverty line; taken as half the median household income of the total population.

Los Angeles (23.0%), Santa Barbara (22.0%), and Santa Cruz (21.7%) Counties had the highest poverty rates in California (2015–2017 average). El Dorado County had the lowest rate, at 10.7%. Rates vary even more widely (from 5.1% to 44.5%) across local areas and state assembly, state senate, and congressional districts.

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According to the most recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty threshold for a family of four is $29,960. For an individual, the poverty threshold is $14,891.

The Oxford dictionary gives the definition of poverty as “the state of being extremely poor” and the definition for poor as “lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society”.

What is the poverty rate by family structure? ›

In 2021, 9.5% of children living with two parents lived below the poverty level, compared to 31.7% of children living with a single parent. Children living with only their mothers in 2021 were more than twice as likely to live in poverty than those living with only their fathers (35.0% vs. 17.4%).

Social indicators such as literacy levels, lack of disease resistance due to malnutrition, lack of access to healthcare, lack of job opportunities, and lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation are also used.

The Census Bureau determines poverty status by using an official poverty measure (OPM) that compares pre-tax cash income against a threshold that is set at three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963 and adjusted for family size.

Absolute poverty refers to a set standard which is consistent over time and between countries. An example of an absolute measurement would be the percentage of the population eating less food than is required to sustain the human body (approximately 2000–2500 calories per day).

The Poverty Threshold in 2024

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services uses the Census Bureau threshold to determine who is eligible for certain government assistance programs, like SNAP (food stamps). Under their guidelines, a family of four is considered impoverished if they earn $30,000 or less per year.

Acutely low income: 0-15% of AMI. Extremely low income: 15-30% of AMI. Very low income: 30% to 50% of AMI. Lower income: 50% to 80% of AMI; the term may also be used to mean 0% to 80% of AMI. Moderate income: 80% to 120% of AMI.