poverty line
noun
: a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor according to governmental standards
called also poverty level
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Meanwhile, amid crises caused by conflict, climate change and economic downturns, the number of people living under the World Bank poverty line of $6.85 a day has remained unchanged since 1990 — that's nearly 44% of humanity.
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Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
In Perry County, Kentucky, where one of eastern Kentucky’s larger cities, Hazard, is located, nearly 30% of the population lives under the federal poverty line.
—Kristina P. Brant, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
In 2019, almost 60% of people living below the international poverty line, defined by the United Nations as $2.15 a day, resided in sub-Saharan Africa.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2025
These are individuals or families who sit in the gap between the federal poverty line — about $32,000 a year for a family of four — and UWLC’s household survival budget for Lake County, which is about $92,000 for a family of the same size.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
In Perry County, Kentucky, where one of eastern Kentucky’s larger cities, Hazard, is located, nearly 30% of the population lives under the federal poverty line.
—Kristina P. Brant, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
In 2019, almost 60% of people living below the international poverty line, defined by the United Nations as $2.15 a day, resided in sub-Saharan Africa.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2025
These are individuals or families who sit in the gap between the federal poverty line — about $32,000 a year for a family of four — and UWLC’s household survival budget for Lake County, which is about $92,000 for a family of the same size.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Poverty line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poverty%20line. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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