Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Poverty Universe, All Ages for Essex County, MA

Title Poverty Universe, All Ages for Essex County, MA
Series ID PUAAMA25009A647NCEN
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 2:06 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 706578
1999-01-01 716581
2000-01-01 724682
2001-01-01 727710
2002-01-01 734149
2003-01-01 733637
2004-01-01 733229
2005-01-01 719439
2006-01-01 720049
2007-01-01 716789
2008-01-01 719424
2009-01-01 725503
2010-01-01 730165
2011-01-01 734805
2012-01-01 740432
2013-01-01 746207
2014-01-01 752527
2015-01-01 759325
2016-01-01 761602
2017-01-01 767690
2018-01-01 772852
2019-01-01 771373
2020-01-01 773690
2021-01-01 789408
2022-01-01 790002
2023-01-01 793505

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