Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Poverty Universe, Age 5-17 related for Pennsylvania

Title Poverty Universe, Age 5-17 related for Pennsylvania
Series ID PUA5T17RPA42000A647NCEN
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 2:07 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 2113600
1999-01-01 2154989
2000-01-01 2091008
2001-01-01 2090993
2002-01-01 2090185
2003-01-01 2073654
2004-01-01 2034719
2005-01-01 2027316
2006-01-01 2027059
2007-01-01 2006461
2008-01-01 1979456
2009-01-01 1980470
2010-01-01 2013666
2011-01-01 1996617
2012-01-01 1974122
2013-01-01 1950979
2014-01-01 1939992
2015-01-01 1927692
2016-01-01 1916743
2017-01-01 1917164
2018-01-01 1901032
2019-01-01 1889509
2020-01-01 1889064
2021-01-01 1955242
2022-01-01 1917753
2023-01-01 1920545

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