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The data is well known and alarming. More than half of the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel lives below the poverty line.
According to per capita income data for 2016 collected by the National Insurance Institute, 52.6% of Israel's ultra-Orthodox community live below the poverty line compared to a nearly similar amount in the Arab sector but only 9% of the non-Orthodox Jewish sector. Per capita income among the ultra-Orthodox stands at 3,500 NIS ($930) a month, half the income of non-ultra-Orthodox Jews and a little more than in the Arab sector.
