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Chart: Poverty Status of Working-age Adults in Maine

In 2009, more than one quarter of all working-age adults with a disability were living below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). More than half were poor or near-poor, which means they had income below 200 percent of the FPL. Adults with a disability in Maine are more than three times as likely to live in poverty relative to adults without a disability. Poverty rates for adults with disabilities in Maine did not change significantly between 2008 and 2009.

Note: The Federal Poverty Level for an individual in 2009 was $10,830 per year, or $903 per month.

Chart: Poverty Status

Source: Muskie School of Public Service calculations using the 2008-2009 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS).

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CHOICES CEO activities are staffed out of the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. This web site is part of the CHOICES CEO project, funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through a grant to Maine's Department of Health and Human Services (grant #1QACMS030316). Views expressed do not represent official policy of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, or the University of Southern Maine.