Question

According to the U.S. government's current data, a single adult earning $12,140 or a family of four earning $25,100 before taxes is living at the poverty line. What year was the U.S. poverty line calculation developed

Answer 1

The year that the U.S. Poverty line calculation was developed and began to be used was 1964.

What year was the U.S. poverty line calculation developed?

In the year 1964, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) came up with an amount of $3,000 for the poverty line.

The Council recommended to President Johnson that any family earning below this amount in a year should be considered poor.

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