Utah & Poverty

Did you know?

• More than 70 percent of workers do not earn enough to support a family with one working parent.
• About 30 percent of workers earn a wage that leaves them below the poverty level.
• About 70 percent of people with disabilities are unemployed.
• The poverty rate in Utah was 6.7% in 1999-2000. In 2003-04, the poverty rate was 9.5%.
• The average family size in Utah is 3.6 people.
• A "typical poor person" in Utah is Anglo and is a member of a two-parent, working family.
• The federal poverty guideline for a family of four people is $18,850 a year--or $1,571 a month.

From Utah Issues Center for Poverty Research & Action