Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Poverty Universe, Age 0-17 for Hampshire County, MA

Title Poverty Universe, Age 0-17 for Hampshire County, MA
Series ID PUA0T17MA25015A647NCEN
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1998-01-01 to 2023-01-01
Last Updated 2024-12-20 2:09 AM CST
Notes The U.S. Census Bureau provides annual estimates of income and poverty statistics for all school districts, counties, and states through the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program. The bureau's main objective with this program is to provide estimates of income and poverty for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions. In addition to these federal programs, state and local programs use the income and poverty estimates for distributing funds and managing programs.

Poverty universe is one of the data sources used in producing SAIPE program estimates, it is made up of persons for whom the Census Bureau can determine poverty status (either "in poverty" or "not in poverty"). The definition of poverty universe for SAIPE estimates is the same for 2006 and beyond and conceptually matches the poverty universe of the American Community Survey (ACS). The poverty universe estimates are not the same as the population estimates from the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. Instead, they are derived estimates that differ from population estimates in the following ways:
1. The poverty universe does not include children under the age of 15 who are not related to a reference person within the household by way of birth, marriage or adoption (for example, foster children). The reason is that Census Bureau surveys typically ask income questions only of persons age 15 or older and those under 15 related to a reference person within the household.
2. Beginning with 2006, the poverty universe includes group quarters populations only for noninstitutionalized group quarters, not elsewhere classified. Residents of college dormitories, military housing, and all institutional group quarters populations are excluded. The 2005 poverty universe estimates excluded all group quarters' residents, matching the definition of the 2005 ACS. Prior to the estimates for 2005, the poverty universe data were derived from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey. This marks a break in the data series due to a methodology change.

See more details about SAIPE Model Input Data.
DATE VALUE
1998-01-01 30631
1999-01-01 29234
2000-01-01 28193
2001-01-01 27762
2002-01-01 27948
2003-01-01 26787
2004-01-01 25732
2005-01-01 25316
2006-01-01 25199
2007-01-01 24702
2008-01-01 24342
2009-01-01 26256
2010-01-01 26232
2011-01-01 25176
2012-01-01 24680
2013-01-01 24624
2014-01-01 24676
2015-01-01 24123
2016-01-01 23987
2017-01-01 23503
2018-01-01 23185
2019-01-01 22679
2020-01-01 22571
2021-01-01 22478
2022-01-01 22102
2023-01-01 22141

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