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Poverty Data By Survey

CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY (CPS): (CPS homepage)

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States: 2007 (P60-235)
Detailed Poverty Tables: 2007 (links to CPS site)
Detailed Poverty Tables: Previous Years
Historical Tables from the Current Population Survey: 1959-2007
Previously Issued CPS Poverty Reports
Low Income Uninsured Children by State
People 65 Years and Over by Ratio of Income to Poverty and State
CPS Definitions and Explanations

AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS) (ACS Home Page)

Profiles (Table 3 contains income statistics)
Multi-Year Profile
Detailed tables

SMALL AREA INCOME AND POVERTY ESTIMATES (SAIPE) (SAIPE Home Page)
Providing intercensal estimates of income and poverty consistent with the CPS.

Model-based estimates for states, counties, and school districts.
For further information about SAIPE, please see Documentation.

SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION (SIPP): (SIPP homepage)

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1996 to 1999:
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty, 1993 to 1994:
Trap Door? Revolving Door? Or Both?
Previously Issued SIPP Poverty Reports

DECENNIAL CENSUS:

Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit ask.census.gov for further information on Poverty Statistics.

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

Last Revised: August 26, 2008

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