Table 10. Percent distribution of persons by family income relative to the poverty level, by age: United States, 1980-91.

Survey year	Total population1 in thousands	Family income
		Below poverty level2	1.00-1.99 times poverty level	2.00-2.99 times poverty level	3.00 or more times poverty level
		Percent
Age 0 to 64 years
1991	218,793	13.8	17.6	19.1	49.5
1990	216,625	13.1	17.1	18.2	51.7
1989	214,663	13.2	17.3	18.4	51.0
1988	212,700	13.6	17.0	18.7	50.7
1987	210,814	13.8	17.7	19.3	49.1
1986	209,427	14.2	18.7	19.9	47.2
1985	207,248	14.8	18.9	20.3	46.0
1984	205,561	15.5	19.7	20.5	44.4
1983	203,849	15.1	20.3	21.2	43.3
1982	202,143	13.9	20.3	21.7	44.1
1981	200,556	12.8	19.3	22.2	45.7
1980	198,966	11.4	18.0	21.7	49.0
Age 65 years or over
1991	30,093	12.2	27.0	20.8	40.1
1990	29,566	11.4	29.1	20.3	39.2
1989	29,022	12.0	28.4	20.8	38.8
1988	28,487	12.5	27.8	20.8	38.9
1987	27,975	12.4	28.4	21.1	38.1
1986	27,322	12.6	29.4	21.3	36.7
1985	26,818	12.4	30.2	20.6	36.8
1984	26,291	14.1	30.4	21.0	34.5
1983	25,738	14.6	31.4	20.8	33.2
1982	25,231	15.3	32.8	20.9	31.1
1981	24,686	15.7	33.5	20.8	30.0
1980	24,194	15.2	33.0	21.6	30.2

¹Civilian non-institutionalized population in the United States and military personnel living outside military bases or on military bases with their families.

²Includes persons in families with negative incomes.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census: Current Population Survey, 1980-91; tabulations prepared by Fu Associates, Ltd., for the Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary.