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Poverty Data

Current Population Survey, Annual Social Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC)
American Community Survey (ACS)
Decennial Census
 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
Microdata

Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC)

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011 (P60-243)

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage reports and data from previous years »

Generate your own tables on-line using CPS Table Creator »

Create your own tables/extract files using DataFerrett »


Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty: 2009

Effect of Benefits and Taxes on Income and Poverty reports and data from previous years »

Generate estimates using your own definitions of income and poverty using CPS Table Creator II »

Create your own tables/extract files using DataFerrett »


American Community Survey (ACS)

Poverty: 2010 and 2011 American Community Survey (ACSBR/11-01)

Areas With Concentrated Poverty: 2006-2010 (ACSBR/10-17) [PDF - 764k]

Child Poverty Brief 2009 and 2010: Rates by Race & Hispanic Origin by State » [PDF - 1.3M]

Income, Earnings and Poverty from the American Community Survey reports and data from previous years »

Detailed tables for specific geographic areas from American FactFinder »


Decennial Census

Detailed tables for specific geographic areas from American FactFinder »


Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)

Dynamics of Economic Well-being: 2004-2006

SIPP reports and data from previous years »

Create your own tables/extracts using DataFerrett »

SIPP website »

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
Model-based Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates for School Districts, Counties, and States


Microdata


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division: Poverty |  Last Revised: September 20, 2012