Table 5.

U.S. Poverty Rates, 2007

	Official	Intermediary Steps				SPM
		2	3	4	5
Overall (%)	12.4	12.6	14.3	16.9	17.0	16.0
Age (%):
< 18	18.1	15.1	17.9	20.5	21.0	21.3
18–64	10.8	11.4	13.0	14.3	14.4	13.8
> 64	9.4	13.4	13.7	22.8	22.7	16.1
Race or ethnicity (%):
White	8.3	8.7	9.8	12.1	11.9	10.1
Black	23.7	21.8	24.9	28.5	28.4	28.8
Hispanic	21.2	21.4	25.3	28.6	29.9	30.5
Asian	10.0	11.5	12.4	14.4	16.0	15.9
Other	16.8	16.3	18.3	20.3	19.8	19.3
Gender (%):
Male	11.1	11.8	13.5	15.5	15.7	14.8
Female	13.7	13.3	15.1	18.3	18.4	17.1
Nativity (%):
U.S. born	11.9	11.8	13.4	15.9	15.8	14.6
Foreign born	16.2	18.2	21.2	23.8	25.4	25.3
Region (%):
Northeast	11.0	10.7	12.1	14.4	15.6	14.5
Midwest	11.3	11.0	12.7	15.2	14.5	13.2
South	13.9	14.6	16.6	19.7	188.9	17.3
West	12.3	12.2	14.0	16.1	17.6	17.5

Note.—SPM – supplemental poverty measure. Estimates are based on 2008 March CPS.