Does my family qualify as low income?

Question

Theres 5 people, 2 under age 18, both parents working, and a senior.

Yearly income is 56k. Does that qualify as low income?

Lives in California.

Answer 1

Check the websites for your city, county, and state to see what their definitions of low income are, because the benefits they provide are based on their specific definitions.

Answer 2

Under Federal guidelines, NO.  But states and cities have their own definitions, specially for dispensing state benefits.

Answer 3

Not by federal guidelines.  I don't know anything specific about California, but probably not.  I've worked in a university financial aid office before and I've seen low-income families' tax returns.  One was a family of 8 with a yearly income of $12,000.  That's under the poverty level but you're rich compared to them.