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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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