Alternative Poverty Rate MSI-GA-CPI

Description: 

Percent of people living in poor families, based on a definition of poverty proposed by the National Academy of Sciences as an alternative to the official definition. This alternative definition of poverty subtracts medical out-of-pocket expenses from family income (“MSI”), adjusts the poverty thresholds for geographic differences in the cost of living (“GA”), and adjusts for inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI”).

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Methodological Notes: 

For the official poverty rate, see Official Poverty Rate.