Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates

Information about Data Inputs

The state and county models use selected variables based on survey and administrative sources including:

• ACS: Direct single-year estimates of income and poverty from the American Community Survey, starting for SAIPE 2005.
• CPS ASEC: Direct estimates of income and poverty from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey (CPS), for SAIPE 2004 and prior year estimates.
• Decennial Census: Direct estimates of income and poverty from the household survey accompanying the Decennial Census for 1980, 1990 and 2000.
• Federal Income Tax Returns: Data summarized from federal individual income tax returns.
• SNAP Benefits Recipients: Number of recipients of SNAP benefits (formerly known as the Food Stamp Program).
• BEA Personal Income Estimates: Aggregate personal income estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
• SSI Recipients: Number of recipients of Supplemental Security Income benefits.
• Population Estimates: Demographic estimates of the population of states and counties, by age and group quarters status.
• Denominators for Poverty Rates: Adjusted estimates of population used as denominators in the poverty rates.