The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program produces single-year estimates of income and poverty for all U.S. states and counties as well as estimates of school-age children in poverty for all 13,000+ school districts.
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DATASET | DECEMBER 2019
SAIPE School District Estimates for 2018
View and download 2018 school district estimates for Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.
DATASET | DECEMBER 2019
SAIPE State and County Estimates for 2018
View and download 2018 state and county estimates for Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.
DATASET | DECEMBER 2019
SAIPE Model Input Data
These datasets provide the aggregated tax, SNAP benefits, and poverty universe data used in producing the SAIPE estimates.
Publications
PUBLICATION | JANUARY 27, 2020
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2018
This document presents highlights of the 2018 data released by the Small area Income and Poverty Estimates program of the U.S. Census Bureau in December 2019.
PUBLICATION | DECEMBER 2018
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2017
This report presents highlights of the 2017 data released by the Small area Income and Poverty Estimates program of the U.S. Census Bureau in December 2018.
PUBLICATION | NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2016
Examines annual trends in income and poverty at the state, county, and school district levels based on the 2016 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.
Visualizations
VISUALIZATION | 2019
Childhood Poverty, 2007 – 2018
View poverty ratios of school-age children by school districts since 2007.
VISUALIZATION | 2019
State and County Maps 2018
View and download 2018 state and county maps for Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.
VISUALIZATION | DECEMBER 12, 2019
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: Release Highlights of 2018
View and download 2018 release highlights for Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates.
Working Papers
WORKING PAPER | 2013
Applying Binomial/Normal Models to Small Area Estimation
In this paper, we focus on modeling county poverty rates of school-aged (5-17) children.
WORKING PAPER | 2013
Population and Sampling Design for Small-Area Model Evaluation
We evaluate models by a simulation study tailored more closely to the source data that will be used in production.
WORKING PAPER | APRIL 25, 2012
An Empirical Study on Using Previous American Community Survey Data...
An Empirical Study on Using Previous American Community Survey Data Versus Census 2000 Data in SAIPE Models for Poverty Estimates