Census Bureau

Poverty

Current Population Survey (CPS) | American Community Survey (ACS) | Poverty Definition, Thresholds and Guidelines | Decennial Census
Recent Poverty Measurement Research | Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates | Other

Guidance on Survey Differences in Income and Poverty Estimates
Fact Sheet: Differences between the Income and Poverty Estimates from the American Community Survey
                  and the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey

POVERTY DEFINITION, THRESHOLDS AND GUIDELINES:

CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY (CPS): (CPS homepage) AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS) (ACS Home Page) SMALL AREA INCOME AND POVERTY ESTIMATES (SAIPE) (SAIPE Home Page) Providing intercensal estimates of income and poverty consistent with the CPS. SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION (SIPP): (SIPP homepage) DECENNIAL CENSUS: RECENT POVERTY MEASUREMENT RESEARCH
OTHER: Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Contact the Housing and Household Statistics Division Information Staff at (301)763-3242 or visit ask.census.gov for further information on Poverty Statistics.
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Last Revised: September 08, 2004

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