keeping track of such numbers. let me break down what is poverty. what does that mean these days? let's break this down for you this way. if it's a family of four making less than $21,954 annually, that is defined as poverty for a couple making less than $13,991, and for an individual making less than $10,956 in those categories is defined as poverty. for the most part in just about every reenlg ochbt country, we saw the rate go up except for in the northeast where the number remained about stable. also across the ethnic groups, just about every group except for asians went up. for asians, it remained about flat, as well. i talked about these numbers try to get perspective last hour from a professor who runs the group at the university of wisconsin at madison that deals with poverty number. take a listen.