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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007 (P60-235)

Income, Earnings and Poverty from the 2007 American Community Survey ACS-09

Dynamics of Poverty: 2001-2003

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 (P60-233)

Income, Earnings and Poverty from the 2006 American Community Survey ACS-08 [PDF - 1.5MB]

The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005 (P60-232)

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005 (P60-231)

Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2005 American Community Survey: ACS-02 [PDF - 1.4MB]

Evaluation of Poverty Estimates: A Comparison of the American Community Survey and the Current Population Survey

Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2004 American Community Survey: ACS-01 [PDF - 1MB]

The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004 (P60-229)

Alternative Poverty Estimates in the United States: 2003 (P60-227)

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2003 (P60-226)

Poverty in the United States: 2002 (P60-222)

Poverty in the United States: 2001 (P60-219)

Poverty in the United States: 2000 (P60-214)

Areas with Concentrated Poverty: 1999 (CENSR-16) [PDF]

Poverty: 1999 (C2KBR-19) (Census 2000)

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1996 to 1999 (SIPP)

Experimental Poverty Measures: 1999 (P60-216) [PDF]

Poverty in the United States: 1999 (P60-210) [PDF]

Poverty Among Working Families: Findings From Experimental Poverty Measures: 1998 (P23-203) [PDF] Poverty in the United States: 1998 (P60-207) [PDF]

Experimental Poverty Measures: 1990-1997 (P60-205) [PDF]

Poverty in the United States: 1997 (P60-201) [PDF]

Poverty in the United States: 1996 (P60-198) [PDF]

Poverty in the United States: 1995 (P60-194) [PDF]

Income and Poverty Statistics: 1994 (P60-189) [PDF]

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1993 to 1994: Trap Door? Revolving Door? Or Both? (SIPP)

Income and Poverty Statistics: 1993 (P60-188) [PDF]

Poverty in the United States: 1992 (P60-185) [PDF - 17MB]

Poverty in the United States: 1991 (P60-181) [PDF - 17MB]

Poverty Areas Statistical Brief (1990 Census)

Poverty in the United States: 1990 (P60-175) [PDF - 16MB]

Poverty in the United States: 1988 and 1989 (P60-171) [PDF - 18MB]

Poverty in the United States: 1987 (P60-163) [PDF - 7MB]

Poverty in the United States: 1986 (P60-160) [PDF - 11MB]

Poverty in the United States: 1985 (P60-158) [PDF - 7MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1984 (P60-152) [PDF - 8MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1983 (P60-147) [PDF - 12MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1982 (P60-144) [PDF - 11MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1981 (P60-138) [PDF - 8MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1980 (P60-133) [PDF - 8MB]

Advance Data--Money Income and Poverty Status of Families and Persons in the United States: 1980 (P60-127)

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1979 (P60-130) [PDF - 14MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1978 (P60-124) [PDF - 9MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1977 (P60-119) [PDF - 9MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1976 (P60-115) [PDF - 9MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1975 (P60-106) [PDF - 15MB]

Characteristics of the Population Below the Poverty Level: 1974 (P60-102) [PDF - 8MB]

Characteristics of the Low-Income Population: 1973 (P60-98) [PDF - 6MB]

Advance Report--Characteristics of the Low-Income Population: 1973 (P60-94) [PDF - 656KB]

Supplementary Report on the Low-Income Population: 1966 to 1972 (P60-95) [PDF - 3MB]

Characteristics of the Low-Income Population: 1972 (P60-91) [PDF - 8MB]

Advance Data--Characteristics of the Low-Income Population: 1972 (P60-88) [PDF - 524KB]

Characteristics of the Low-Income Population: 1971 (P60-86) [PDF - 5MB]

Advance Data--Characteristics of the Low-Income Population: 1971 (P60-82) [PDF - 502KB]

Characteristics of the Low-Income Population: 1970 (P60-81) [PDF - 5MB]

Advance Data-Poverty Increases by 1.2 Million in 1970 (P60-77) [PDF - 458KB]

Poverty in the United States: 1969 (P60-76) [PDF - 5MB]

Advance Data--Poverty Continues to Decline in 1969 (P60-71) [PDF - 1MB]

Revision in Poverty Statistics: 1959 to 1968 (P23-28)*

Poverty in the United States: 1959 to 1968 (P60-68) [PDF - 6MB]

Socioeconomic Trends in Poverty Areas 1960 to 1968 (P60-67) [PDF - 789KB]

Characteristics of Families and Persons Living in Metropolitan Poverty Areas: 1967 (P60-61) [PDF - 1MB]

Family Income Advance, Poverty Reduced in 1967 (P60-55) [PDF - 769KB]

The Extent of Poverty in the United States: 1959 to 1966 (P60-54) [PDF - 1MB]

Low-Income Families and Unrelated Individuals in the United States: 1963 (P60-45)


Alternative Definitions of Income (R&D reports) (The following papers are from the Current Population Survey unless otherwise noted)

Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1992 (P60-186RD) [PDF]

Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1979 to 1991 (P-60-182-RD) [PDF]

Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1990 (P60-176-RD) [PDF]

Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1989 (P60-169-RD) [PDF]

Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1987 to 1988 (P60-170-RD) [PDF]

Measuring the Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 1986 (P60-164-RD-1) [PDF]

Technical Paper 58-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1987 [PDF - 11MB]

Technical Paper 57-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1986 [PDF - 3MB]

Technical Paper 56-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1985 [PDF - 4MB]

Technical Paper 55-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1984 [PDF - 5MB]

Technical Paper 52-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1983 [PDF - 2MB]

Technical Paper 51-Estimates of Poverty Including the Value of Noncash Benefits: 1979 to 1982 [PDF - 3MB]

Technical Paper 50-Alternative Methods for Valuing Selected In-kind Transfer Benefits and Measuring their Effect on Poverty  [PDF]

Conference on the Measurement of Noncash Benefits -- December 12-14, 1985, Fort Magruder Inn & Conference Center, Williamsburg, Virginia  [PDF - 44MB]

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division