Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Poverty Universe, All Ages for Lee County, AL

Title Poverty Universe, All Ages for Lee County, AL
Series ID PUAAAL01081A647NCEN
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 99351
1999-01-01 111394
2000-01-01 112625
2001-01-01 113492
2002-01-01 115579
2003-01-01 116561
2004-01-01 119059
2005-01-01 118329
2006-01-01 121004
2007-01-01 126267
2008-01-01 128753
2009-01-01 131807
2010-01-01 136246
2011-01-01 139016
2012-01-01 142891
2013-01-01 146581
2014-01-01 149529
2015-01-01 151883
2016-01-01 153884
2017-01-01 156526
2018-01-01 158674
2019-01-01 159377
2020-01-01 161622
2021-01-01 171833
2022-01-01 175092
2023-01-01 177662

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