Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: Estimated number and percentage of the total population with incomes less than the federal poverty threshold.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, Small Area Estimates Branch, Washington D.C. 

Footnotes: Please use caution in interpreting poverty trends from year to year, as the methodology and data sources used to produce poverty estimates changed significantly, beginning with the release of the 2005 poverty estimates.   For more information, visit http://www.census.gov//did/www/saipe/index.html.