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Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program

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Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program produces single-year estimates of income and poverty for all U.S. states and counties as well as estimates of school-age children in poverty for all 13,000+ school districts.

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Income and Poverty Interactive Data Tool
An interactive application for exploring data from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program.
About SAIPE Model Inputs
Learn more about the surveys, censuses, and programs that contribute data and other content to SAIPE.
SAIPE Methodology
The methods we use to collect and produce SAIPE, including sampling, questions, collection, review, quality, weighting, etc.

Datasets

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Dataset
SAIPE Model Input Data
December 2022
These datasets provide the aggregated tax, SNAP benefits, and poverty universe data used in producing the SAIPE estimates.
Dataset
SAIPE School District Estimates for 2021
December 2022
View and download 2021 school district estimates for Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.
Dataset
SAIPE State and County Estimates for 2021
December 2022
View and download 2021 state and county estimates for Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.

Publications

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Publication
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2019
December 08, 2020
This document presents highlights of the 2019 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program of the U.S. Census Bureau in December 2020.
Publication
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2018
January 27, 2020
This document presents highlights of the 2018 data released by the Small area Income and Poverty Estimates program of the U.S. Census Bureau in December 2019.
Publication
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2017
December 03, 2018
This report presents highlights of the 2017 data released by the Small area Income and Poverty Estimates program of the U.S. Census Bureau in December 2018.

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Visualization
State and County Maps 2021
2022
View and download 2021 state and county maps for Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.
Visualization
Childhood Poverty, 2007 – 2021
2022
View poverty ratios of school-age children by school districts since 2007.
Visualization
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: Release Highlights of 2021
December 15, 2022
View and download 2021 release highlights for Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.

Working Papers

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Working Paper
Applying Binomial/Normal Models to Small Area Estimation
2013
In this paper, we focus on modeling county poverty rates of school-aged (5-17) children.
Working Paper
Population and Sampling Design for Small-Area Model Evaluation
2013
We evaluate models by a simulation study tailored more closely to the source data that will be used in production.
Working Paper
An Empirical Study on Using Previous American Community Survey Data...
April 25, 2012
An Empirical Study on Using Previous American Community Survey Data Versus Census 2000 Data in SAIPE Models for Poverty Estimates

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