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 Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates

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


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SAIPE Methodology using the American Community Survey


Conference Papers


Comparisons of Child Poverty


National Academy of Sciences Reports

The Committee on National Statistics This link to a non-federal Web site does not imply endorsement of any particular product, company, or content. , through the Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas, has published three interim reports in its ongoing study of the U.S. Census Bureau's program for producing estimates of poor school-age children. The reports convey the panel's advice to the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Commerce on the appropriateness and reliability of the estimates for use in making allocations of federal funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The interim reports also include detailed evaluations of many aspects of the estimation process.

Final Report, September 2000: "Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates. Priorities for 2000 and Beyond" Executive Summary This link to a non-federal Web site does not imply endorsement of any particular product, company, or content.
Interim Report 3, February 1999: "Evaluation of 1995 County and School District Estimates for Title I Allocations" Executive Summary This link to a non-federal Web site does not imply endorsement of any particular product, company, or content.
Interim Report 2, January 1998: "Evaluation of Revised 1993 County Estimates for Title I Allocations" Executive Summary This link to a non-federal Web site does not imply endorsement of any particular product, company, or content.
Interim Report 1, April 1997: "Evaluation of 1993 County Estimates for Title I Allocations" Executive Summary This link to a non-federal Web site does not imply endorsement of any particular product, company, or content.

Technical Reports


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Data Integration Division, Small Area Estimates Branch
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