Persons in poverty in Alabama
Persons in poverty
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Definitions:
The number of persons living below the federal poverty threshold, expressed as a percentage of the total population.
Data Source:
Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census
of Population and Housing, Census Bureau
Website, www.census.gov, Summary File 3,
Tables PO87, P159A, P159B, and P159H,
Released May, 2002; and U.S. Census
Bureau, 2011-2015 American Community
Survey, Census Bureau Website,
www.census.gov, Tables S1701, B17001,
B17001A, B17001B, and B17001I.
Footnotes:
Different methodologies were used in producing base year versus current-year data for this indicator; hence, caution should be used in making comparisons over these two time periods.