National average level of State welfare spending per poor person
The term “national average level of State welfare spending per poor person” means, with respect to a fiscal year, an amount equal to—
(I)#
the total amount required to be paid to the States under former section 603 of this title (as in effect during fiscal year 1994) for fiscal year 1994; divided by
(II)#
the number of individuals, according to the 1990 decennial census, who were residents of any State and whose income was below the poverty line.