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Table Data - Poverty Universe, All Ages for District of Columbia

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Title Poverty Universe, All Ages for District of Columbia
Series ID PUAADC11001A647NCEN
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 2022-01-01
Last Updated 2023-12-14 12:45 PM 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 498986
1999-01-01 551208
2000-01-01 560501
2001-01-01 556867
2002-01-01 551917
2003-01-01 540061
2004-01-01 537943
2005-01-01 513130
2006-01-01 551162
2007-01-01 559556
2008-01-01 561869
2009-01-01 570114
2010-01-01 570954
2011-01-01 584583
2012-01-01 598151
2013-01-01 611783
2014-01-01 624323
2015-01-01 638024
2016-01-01 647652
2017-01-01 660640
2018-01-01 669029
2019-01-01 673036
2020-01-01 680439
2021-01-01 637501
2022-01-01 642851

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