Question $6(1$ point$)$

What is the poverty rate?

A$)$ the rate at which the number of people relative to the size of the population fall below the poverty line

B$)$ the percentage of households who qualify for government assistance to meet the minimal requirement for adequate nutrition

C$)$ the percentage of working adults whose annual income is sufficiently low as to be are exempt from paying income taxes

D$)$ the percentage of the population earning an annual income below the poverty line, according to the federal government's definition