How to Use poverty line in a Sentence

poverty line

noun

• An unimaginable 97 percent of Afghans may fall below the poverty line by the end of the year.
  — Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2022
• About 40% of Puerto Ricans live at or below the poverty line.
  — Anisha Kohli, Time, 17 Dec. 2022
• Many folks who live close to the poverty line didn’t have to pay a dime in premiums, which goes a long way in getting covered.
  — Bob Herman, STAT, 17 Aug. 2022
• That’s about $800 more than the federal poverty line for a family of two.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• At the end of the war, about 60% of the Salvadoran population lived along the national poverty line.
  — Jessica Diaz-Hurtado, refinery29.com, 3 June 2022
• Sometimes there’s a lower poverty line in places in the South where housing costs are much lower.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
• As a single mother living below the poverty line, her whole life is a series of punches to the chest.
  — Mariah Tauger, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
• Utah households must be at or below 130% of the federal poverty line.
  — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2023
• More than a quarter of the city's population lives below the poverty line.
  — Priya Krishnakumar, CNN, 28 Dec. 2021
• About one in four Black residents was living below the poverty line in 2021.
  — Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2022
• More than 18 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.
  — Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022
• There’s a sizable gap between the classes, with many living below the poverty line.
  — Samia Qaiyum, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021
• More than a third of Californians are living at or near the poverty line.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• About a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line.
  — Ted Alcorn, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
• About a third are children, and most have incomes below the federal poverty line.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
• According to the mayor, about a third of the city's population lives below the poverty line.
  — Ed Lavandera, Ashley Killough and Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 13 Dec. 2021
• According to the same report, 19% of the population lives below the poverty line.
  — Olivia Osteen, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2022
• Nine percent of Hawaii residents lived below the poverty line in 2019.
  — NBC News, 10 Feb. 2022
• Alexandra Cristin spent most of her childhood living below the poverty line.
  — Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
• Back-to-school spending isn’t a new problem for Muyonjo and his family, who have been below the poverty line for much of the last three years.
  — Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022
• Nearly a fifth of El Cajon lives below the poverty line, and recent surveys in the region show a rise in the number of people on the streets or in shelters.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022
• By the end of last year, half the population of around 38 million lived under the poverty line, according to UN figures.
  — Rahim Faiez, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2022
• About 43 percent of Nigerians live below the poverty line.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 15 June 2022
• Nearly 50% of the population is Black or Latino, and more than half the residents live below the poverty line.
  — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2022
• The women in the latter group, who were forced to carry their pregnancy to term, were four times more likely to fall below the poverty line during the next five years.
  — Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2021
• Today, more than half of those who have abortions live below the federal poverty line.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• More than 51% of Uniontown residents live below the poverty line.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 13 Jan. 2022
• To qualify for free meals, households must make less than 130 percent of the federal poverty line.
  — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
• According to a survey cited by the bureau, most users of paycheck advance services fall below the federal poverty line and more than 80% are hourly or gig workers.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
• People were eligible if their income was 200% or below the federal poverty line or on Medicaid, nutrition assistance programs, or free or reduced school breakfast or lunch.
  — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2024

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024