2005 table 1 & table 2, Employment & Training Administration (ETA)

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**Table 1: Lower Living Standard Income Level (for a family of four persons) by Region¹**
Region² 2006	Adjusted LLSIL 70 percent	LLSIL
Northeast
Metro	$35,010	$24,510
Non-Metro³	$33,680	$23,580
Midwest
Metro	$31,570	$22,100
Non-Metro	$ 30,000	$21,000
South
Metro	$30,060	$21,040
Non-Metro	$ 28,750	$20,130
West
Metro	$34,160	$23,910
Non-Metro⁴	$ 32,890	$23,020
1 For ease of use, these figures have been rounded to the next highest ten dollars.
2 Metropolitan area measures were calculated from the weighted average CPI-Us for city size classes A and B/C. Non-metropolitan area measures were calculated from the CPI-Us for city size class D.
3 Non-metropolitan area percent changes for the Northeast region are no longer available. The Non-metropolitan percent change was calculated using the U.S. average CPI-U for city size Class D.
4 Non-metropolitan area percent changes for the West region are unpublished data.

**Table 2: Lower Living Standard Income Level (for a family of four persons) -- Alaska, Hawaii and Guam¹**
Region 2006	Adjusted LLSIL 70 percent	LLSIL
Alaska
Metro	$42,400	$29,680
Non-Metro²	$41,270	$28,890
Hawaii, Guam
Metro	$43,780	$30,650
Non-Metro²	$ 44,060	$30,850
1 Rounded to next highest ten dollars.
2 Non-Metropolitan percent changes for Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam were calculated from the CPI-Us for city size Class D in the West Region.