U.S. Census Bureau

 Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates

 Model-based Estimates for States, Counties, & School Districts

Welcome to the SAIPE site

The U.S. Census Bureau, with support from other Federal agencies, created the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program to provide more current estimates of selected income and poverty statistics than those from the most recent decennial census.

Estimates are created for states, counties, and school districts. The main objective of this program is to provide updated estimates of income and poverty statistics for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions. Beginning with the estimates for 2005, data from the American Community Survey are used in the estimation procedure; all prior year estimates used data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplements of the Current Population Survey. Please see Estimation Procedure Changes for more information.

Estimates are produced annually. Our next release is planned for December 2008.


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Data are available for the following years

Highlights

School district estimates for 2005:

  • Total population
  • Children ages 5 - 17
  • Related children ages 5 - 17 in families in poverty
County estimates for 2005:
  • Related children ages 5 - 17 in families in poverty
  • Children under age 18 in poverty
  • All people in poverty
  • Median household income
State estimates for 2005:
  • Children under age 5 in poverty
  • Related children ages 5 - 17 in families in poverty
  • Children under age 18 in poverty
  • All people in poverty
  • Median household income