1. 2010 Poverty Thresholds, Selected Family Types
Poverty in the US
Who is considered to be living in poverty?
2010 Poverty Thresholds, Selected Family Types
Single Individual
Under 65 years
$ 11,344
65 years & older
$ 10,458
Single Parent
One child
$ 15,030
Two children
$ 17,568
Two Adults
No children
$ 14,602
$ 17,552
$ 22,113
Three children
$ 26,023

2. Poverty Facts
1. Half of the world – nearly 3 billion people live on less than two dollars a day, and have no access to sanitation
billion people live on less than one dollar a day, and have no access to clean water .
3. The world’s three richest people have more wealth than the poorest 48 countries of the world combined.
4. Richer countries are getting richer relative to poorer countries
From 3 to 1 income in 1820
To 72 to 1 now
5. It is estimate that if you wake up in the morning with a roof over your head and food to eat you are more wealthy than 80 percent of the world.
20 percent of the population consume 86 percent of the world’s goods

3. 6. Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn't happen. This amount is about $10 billion. Note, consumers in the U.S. and Europe spent $17 billion on pet food.
7. What causes some countries to be so rich and others to be so poor?
Even within a developed country there are large gaps between the rich and the poor.
8. CEOs running 100 of the USA's biggest companies pulled in median 2002 compensation of $33.4 million
9. There are 2.2 billion children in the world, approximately 1 billion of them live in poverty.
10. The average Fortune 100 CEO makes 845 times more than the average worker

4. Some factors of poverty
education
natural resources
attitudinal differences
corruption
government
knowledge
poor economic conditions

5. Solutions (pros and cons)
education opportunities
benevolent leadership
knowledge – free media
government assistance

6. Children Under 18 Living in Poverty, 2010
Category
Number (in thousands)
Percent
All children under 18
16, 401
22.0
White only, non-Hispanic
5,002
12.4
Black
4,817
38.2
Hispanic
6,110
35.0
Asian
547
13.6

8. 1
Luxembourg
$ 58,900
2004 est. 2
United States
$ 40,100 3
Guernsey
$ 40,000
2003 est. 4
Norway 5
Jersey 6
British Virgin Islands
$ 38,500 7
Bermuda
$ 36,000 8
San Marino
$ 34,600
2001 est. 9
Hong Kong
$ 34,200 10
Switzerland
$ 33,800 11
Cayman Islands
$ 32,300 12
Denmark
$ 32,200 13
Ireland
$ 31,900 14
Iceland 15
Canada
$ 31,500 16
Austria
$ 31,300 17
Australia
$ 30,700 18
Belgium
$ 30,600 19
United Kingdom
$ 29,600 20
Netherlands
$ 29,500

9. 21
Japan
$ 29,400
2004 est. 22
Finland
$ 29,000 23
France
$ 28,700 24
Germany 25
Man, Isle of
$ 28,500
2003 est. 26
Sweden
$ 28,400 27
Aruba
$ 28,000
2002 est. 28
Gibraltar
$ 27,900
2000 est. 29
Singapore
$ 27,800 30
Italy
$ 27,700 31
Monaco
$ 27,000 32
European Union
$ 26,900 33
Andorra
$ 26,800 34
Taiwan
$ 25,300 35
United Arab Emirates
$ 25,200 36
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
$ 25,000 37
Liechtenstein
1999 est. 38
Brunei
$ 23,600 39
Spain
$ 23,300 40
New Zealand
$ 23,200

10. 41
Qatar
$ 23,200
2004 est. 42
Faroe Islands
$ 22,000
2001 est. 43
Greece
$ 21,300 44
Kuwait 45
Guam
$ 21,000
2000 est. 46
Israel
$ 20,800 47
Cyprus
$ 20,300 48
Greenland
$ 20,000 49
Slovenia
$ 19,600 50
Macau
$ 19,400
2003 51
Bahrain
$ 19,200 52
Korea, South 53
Malta
$ 18,200 54
Portugal
$ 17,900 55
Bahamas, The
$ 17,700 56
Puerto Rico 57
French Polynesia
$ 17,500
2003 est. 58
Virgin Islands
$ 17,200
2002 est. 59
Czech Republic
$ 16,800 60
Barbados
$ 16,400

11. Why do countries differ?