DEFINITIONS
ALICE: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — households with income above the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) but less than the basic cost of living in their county
ALICE Household Survival Budget: Reflects the minimum costs of household necessities (housing, child care, food, transportation, health care, and technology) plus taxes, adjusted for all U.S. counties and various household compositions
ALICE Threshold: Derived from the Household Survival Budget, the minimum average income that a household needs to afford basic costs, calculated for all U.S. counties
Below ALICE Threshold: Includes households in poverty and ALICE households combined
Research Center
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National Reports
The National ALICE Reports offer a fresh perspective on financial need across the country, with more accurate measures of exactly how many households are unable to afford basics. By exploring the gaps between ALICE and higher-income households, the Reports illustrate how vulnerable ALICE families are to both economic fluctuations and daily stressors, from a global pandemic to an unexpected car breakdown. And new tools like the ALICE Essentials Index complement traditional economic measures to take a closer, more realistic look at how monthly expenses for ALICE households change over time.
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