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Illinois: People in Poverty

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People in Poverty

Distribution of Total Population by Federal Poverty Level, states (2007-2008), U.S. (2008)
	IL #	IL %	US #	US %
Under 100%	2,067,200	16.3%	54,942,500	18.3%
100-133%	790,600	6.2%	19,349,300	6.4%
134-300%	3,585,100	28.3%	86,919,600	28.9%
301-400%	1,666,500	13.2%	37,086,200	12.3%
Over 400%	4,558,600	36.0%	102,246,600	34.0%
Total	12,668,000	100.0%	300,544,200	100.0%

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Poverty Rate by Age, states (2007-2008), U.S. (2008)
	IL #	IL %	US #	US %
Children 18 and under	740,200	22%	19,306,600	25%
Adults 19-64	1,178,000	15%	30,870,100	17%
Elderly 65+	149,000	11%	4,765,800	13%
Total	2,067,200	16%	54,942,500	18%

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Poverty Rate by Family Structure, states (2007-2008), U.S. (2008)
	IL #	IL %	US #	US %
Adults with Children	358,100	12%	9,379,400	14%
Adults with No Children	819,900	16%	21,490,700	18%
Total	1,178,000	15%	30,870,100	17%

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Adult Poverty Rate by Gender, states (2007-2008), U.S. (2008)
	IL #	IL %	US #	US %
Female	634,100	16%	16,397,400	18%
Male	543,900	14%	14,472,600	16%
Total	1,178,000	15%	30,870,100	17%

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Poverty Rate by Metropolitan Status, states (2007-2008), U.S. (2008)
	IL #	IL %	US #	US %
Metropolitan	1,822,800	16%	45,259,000	18%
Non-Metropolitan	244,400	17%	9,683,500	20%
Total	2,067,200	16%	54,942,500	18%

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Notes:	Non-Metropolitan includes both respondents living in non-metropolitan areas and areas not classified in either category. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding effects. For all topics based on the CPS on statehealthfacts.org, the grouping used for analysis is the health insurance unit (HIU), which groups individuals according to their insurance eligibility, rather than by relatedness or household. For more details, see "Notes to Topics Based on the Current Population Survey (CPS)" at http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/methodology.
Sources:	Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements).
Definitions:	NSD: Not Sufficient Data. Metropolitan Statistical Area must include at least one city with 50,000 or more inhabitants, or a Census-Bureau defined urbanized area of at least 50,000 inhabitants and a total metropolitan population of 100,000 or more (75,000 in New England). For more information, visit the Census Bureau website at http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/aboutmetro.html. Persons in poverty are defined here as those living in "health insurance units" with incomes less than 100% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds. Health insurance units are related individuals who would be eligible as a group for "family" coverage in a health plan. The federal poverty threshold for a family of four in the 48 contiguous states and D.C. was $21,027 in 2007 and $21,834 in 2008. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) produces simplified - but very similar - versions of federal poverty thresholds called "poverty guidelines" for use in determining financial eligibility for many government programs. For more information on measures of poverty, please see the detailed description provided by HHS available at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/faq.shtml.

Poverty Rate by Race/Ethnicity, states (2007-2008), U.S. (2008)
	IL #	IL %	US #	US %
White	861,100	10.3%	24,157,800	12.3%
Black	660,900	34.8%	12,103,400	33.2%
Hispanic	433,300	25.0%	14,526,300	30.6%
Other	111,900	16.0%	4,155,000	20.6%
Total	2,067,200	16.4%	54,942,500	18.3%

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