Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: The percentage of tax filers who claimed the Earned Income Tax Credit by town, county, and state.  The denominator for percent is the total number of tax filers for the year.

Beginning in 2009, data represent tax returns filed between January and June of the tax year

Data Source: The Brookings Institution, EITC interactive:  http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/eitc

Footnotes: 2007 data.   Methodology: Internal Revenue Service zip code level data (tax year 2007) were aggregated to the city/town level.

2005 data. Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Zip-Code Level Data, 2005 were aggregated to City/Town Level using ArcGIS (Geographic Information System mapping software) in combination with Excel.

2001 data. The methods used for 2001 calculations have resulted in a few instances where the estimated number of EITC eligible non-participants in a given town is zero, yet a dollar amount has been estimated for a total unclaimed EITC in that town.

Definitions: The number and percentage of all children under age 18 living below 100%  of the federal poverty level (FPL) and between 100% and 199%  of the FPL in a town or county. The numbers reported in this table reflect the number of children for whom income status has been determined, and therefore may differ from the numbers reported in the year's Child Population Table. Poverty is no longer determined in the decennial census therefore, as a comparison to the 2000 Decennial Census, two 5year American Community Survey Samples were used. Change is less pronounced, because of the overlap of 2 years (2007-2009).

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 3, Tables P87, PCT50.  ACS Community Survey 5 year samples 2005-2009, 2007-2011.

Definitions: The annual average number of children under age 18 participating in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program, in a town or county in years 2009,2010