What's the poverty line in America?
Poverty threshold
In United States, the poverty thresholds are updated every year by Census Bureau. The threshold in United States are updated and used for statistical purposes. In 2015, in the United States, the poverty threshold for a single person under 65 was an annual income of US$11,770; the threshold for a family group of four, including two children, was US$24,250.[37][38] According to the U.S. Census Bureau data released on 13 September 2011, the nation's poverty rate rose to 15.1 percent in 2010.
Targeted Poverty Alleviation
In November 2011, then Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced that China has raised the poverty line from RMB 1274 to 2300 (per capital net income). More than 128 million Chinese were living under that line, which meant they could only spend 1 US dollar per day.