European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 28, 1936 the stars and stripes Page 5 poverty rate Down to 14 percent in 1985 Washington a the nation s poverty ral declined for the second consecutive year As economic improvement helped americans income to continue to grow the census Bureau reports. The study released tuesday found 14.0 percent of americans living in poverty in i9b5, Down from 14.4 percent a year earlier. At the same time real or inflation adjusted income of american families in creased 1,3 percent the third consecutive increase the Bureau said. We re out of the recession now. It s a Bellcar  said Gordon Green acting chief of the Bureau s population division. The drop in poverty was not As Large As occurred Between ii Jand 1984, when the share of americans below the poverty level dropped from 15.2 percent to 14.4 percent after having risen from 15.0 percent in 1982, Green Lold reporters. Still it is the right trend he said. It looks More like he Long term trend we be had in periods of  the 1985 poverty Rale represents 33.1 million peo ple living in poverty Down from 33.7 million in 1984. The 1985 poverty threshold ranges from an annual income of $5,469 for an individual to $22,08.1 for family of nine or More. The once typical family of four has a poverty threshold of s10.989. Median family income in 1935 was $27,740, the report said up 4.9 percent from 1984. After adjusting for inflation of 3.6 Percone. I represented a Reat in crease of 1.3 percent in americans income the Bureau said. That represented the third annual increase in real family income. Median income Means half of nil families earn More than thai amount and half less. Per capita income was is 1,010 for americans lust year a real increase of 2.1 percent. This is he first year the study has included per capita income. Green said that it increased More than family income because of changes in inc family Structure. The increase in the number of single Parent families for example has helped retard family  even As individual income Levels May have been increasing he said. The poverty Rale would be lower if non Cash benefits such As Tood Stamps medicaid and subsidized housing were counted As income Green said. Other findings included Blacks had the highest poverty rate at 31.3 per cent but that was Down from 33.8 percent in 1984. The poverty rate for whiles dipped from 11.5 percent to 11.4 percent. For hispanics the rate edged up slightly from 28.4 percent to 29.0 percent. The poverty Rale for children under age 18 dropped from 21.3 percent to 20.5 percent. For the elderly the poverty rate edged up slightly from 12.4 percent to 12.6 percent. The Northeast had the largest drop in poverty its rate falling from 13.2 percent to 11,6 percent. The South had the highest poverty Rale in 1985, 16 percent Down from 16.2 percent. In the Midwest the rate went from 13.1 percent to 1.1.0 percent. In the West it fell from 14.1 percent to i .v9 percent. Per capita income was $11,670 for whiles up 2.0 percent $6,840 for Blacks up 4.9 percent and $6,610for hispanics statistically unchanged. Households headed by someone with five or More years of College had the greatest increase in income up 4.6 percent to a median of $50,530, for people wit four years of College income Rose 2.4 percent it was unchanged for people who attended Only High school. Emmy Winner Knight Dies of cancer in California los Angeles