Number of persons in low income, low income rate and average gap ratio by economic family type, annual.

This table provides statistics on year-over-year low-income transitions, including low income entry and exit rates, low income resistance, and low income immobility rates among Canadian taxfilers. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income taxfilers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted family after-tax income of all taxfilers and their family members. This table uses two different types of LIM: the variable LIM is based on the median total income re-calculated year, while the fixed LIM is based on the median total income in 2002 adjusted yearly by the all-items Consumer Price Index.

Graph and download economic data for U.S Individual Income Tax: Tax Rates for Regular Tax: Highest Bracket (IITTRHB) from 1913 to 2018 about individual, tax, income, rate, and USA.

California State Income Limits reflect updated median income and household income levels for acutely low-, extremely low-, very low-, low- and moderate-income households for California’s 58 counties (required by Health and Safety Code Section 50093). These income limits apply to State and local affordable housing programs statutorily linked to HUD income limits and differ from income limits applicable to other specific federal, State, or local programs.

The federal funds provided in the United States for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) amounted to 4.1 billion U.S. dollars in financial year 2024, down from over six billion U.S. dollars one year prior. LIHEAP assisted six million households with low-income in 2023.

Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT) - The Low-income cut-offs, after tax refers to an income threshold, defined using 1992 expenditure data, below which economic families or persons not in economic families would likely have devoted a larger share of their after-tax income than average to the necessities of food, shelter and clothing. More specifically, the thresholds represented income levels at which these families or persons were expected to spend 20 percentage points or more of their after-tax income than average on food, shelter and clothing. These thresholds have been adjusted to current dollars using the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI).The LICO-AT has 35 cut-offs varying by seven family sizes and five different sizes of area of residence to account for economies of scale and potential differences in cost of living in communities of different sizes. These thresholds are presented in Table 4.3 Low-income cut-offs, after tax (LICO-AT - 1992 base) for economic families and persons not in economic families, 2015, Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016.When the after-tax income of an economic family member or a person not in an economic family falls below the threshold applicable to the person, the person is considered to be in low income according to LICO-AT. Since the LICO-AT threshold and family income are unique within each economic family, low-income status based on LICO-AT can also be reported for economic families.Return to footnote1referrerFootnote 2Low-income status - The income situation of the statistical unit in relation to a specific low-income line in a reference year. Statistical units with income that is below the low-income line are considered to be in low income.For the 2016 Census, the reference period is the calendar year 2015 for all income variables.Return to footnote2referrerFootnote 3The low-income concepts are not applied in the territories and in certain areas based on census subdivision type (such as Indian reserves). The existence of substantial in-kind transfers (such as subsidized housing and First Nations band housing) and sizeable barter economies or consumption from own production (such as product from hunting, farming or fishing) could make the interpretation of low-income statistics more difficult in these situations.Return to footnote3referrerFootnote 4Prevalence of low income - The proportion or percentage of units whose income falls below a specified low-income line.

Graph and download economic data for Infant Mortality Rate for Low Income Countries (SPDYNIMRTINLIC) from 1990 to 2022 about mortality, infant, income, and rate.

Poverty and low-income statistics by visible minority group, Indigenous group and immigration status, Canada and provinces.

Graph and download economic data for Literacy Rate, Adult Total for Low Income Countries (SEADTLITRZSLIC) from 1988 to 2023 about literacy, adult, income, and rate.

State-reported annual data collected on the presence of elderly, disabled, and young children in eligible households receiving Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) heating assistance, cooling assistance, crisis assistance or weatherization assistance.

In 2024, the average monthly rent affordable to a family of four with a household income at the poverty line was 780 U.S. dollars. However, the average fair market rent for a two-bedroom rental home was 1,670 U.S. dollars per month in that year.

Poverty and low-income statistics by disability status, age group, sex and economic family type, Canada, annual.

Low income statistics by age, sex and economic family type, annual.

Graph and download economic data for Youth Unemployment Rate for Low Income Countries (SLUEM1524ZSLIC) from 1991 to 2023 about income, unemployment, and rate.

Graph and download economic data for Fertility Rate, Total for Low Income Countries (SPDYNTFRTINLIC) from 1960 to 2022 about fertility, income, and rate.

Graph and download economic data for Adolescent Fertility Rate for Low Income Countries (SPADOTFRTLIC) from 1960 to 2022 about fertility, income, and rate.

Low income cut-offs (LICOs) before and after tax by community size and family size, in current dollars, annual.

The fertility rate in a country decreases with an increasing income level. For instance, the least developed and low-income countries had the highest fertility rates between 2000 and 2022, with respectively 3.95 and 4.55 children per woman as of 2022. On the other hand, high-income and upper-middle-income countries had fertility rates of 1.5 and 1.59, respectively. Furthermore, fertility rates fell in all the countries worldwide, regardless of income level.

Number of persons in low income, low income rate and average gap ratio by age, sex and economic family type, annual.

In 2021, the birth rate in the United States was highest in families that had under 10,000 U.S. dollars in income per year, at 62.75 births per 1,000 women. As the income scale increases, the birth rate decreases, with families making 200,000 U.S. dollars or more per year having the second-lowest birth rate, at 47.57 births per 1,000 women. Income and the birth rate Income and high birth rates are strongly linked, not just in the United States, but around the world. Women in lower income brackets tend to have higher birth rates across the board. There are many factors at play in birth rates, such as the education level of the mother, ethnicity of the mother, and even where someone lives. The fertility rate in the United States The fertility rate in the United States has declined in recent years, and it seems that more and more women are waiting longer to begin having children. Studies have shown that the average age of the mother at the birth of their first child in the United States was 27.4 years old, although this figure varies for different ethnic origins.