Poverty

From the Department of Health and Human Services. See their 2014 Poverty Guidelines, which provide a table of numbers for poverty income levels for families of 1 through 8.

From Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since the mid-1990s, research within the Bureau of Labor Statistics has focused on the development of new poverty thresholds.....

Good overview of the history of the poverty measure. From the University of Wisconsin/Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty, one of three National Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

From the US Census. See also Defintions and The History of the Poverty Measure

The National Academies Press 1995 report that UVA's Weldon Cooper Center calls "seminal" and which it used to put together their May 2013 "Virginia Poverty Measure" report.

See also links to editions back to 1994. "The House Ways and Means Committee Green Book provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation.

A wealth of searchable Census data, including the Decennial Census, American Community Survey and the Economic Census. You can use this resource to create your own maps and tables. NOTE: American FactFinder works with Mozilla Firefox 8 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. Other browsers may not perform as expected.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP aka food stamps); Food Distribution Programs; School Meals; Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

From the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Data on children in poverty. This resource includes by-state,and across-state statistics, as well as data down to the community level.

From the US Census. These 2014 school district, county and state estimates were released in 2015. See also the NCES 2010 Condition of Education Report: High Poverty Public Schools

Current Population Survey, Annual Social Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC)
American Community Survey (ACS); Decennial Census; Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP); Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE); Microdata. Includes historical poverty data back to 1959.

From the US Census.

From the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Statistics on health related issues AND other topics as well.

From the US Census. 1) PDF files of all editions published from 1878-2012. The 2012 edition is the final official edition. 2) Also provides access to two editions of Historical Statistics of the United States. 3) See Proquest Stat Abstract of the U.S. for current statistics.

See also the BLS home page for links to other publications.

See links to Food Desert Locator, County Level Poverty Rates, State Fact Sheets. Use Search Data box to search on "poverty" for many reports on poverty related issues. See also ERS Publications -- e.g., Food Security in the United States: Key Statistics and Graphics and Alleviating Poverty in the United States: The Critical Role of SNAP Benefits

See also their Concentrated Poverty reports. "The Brookings Institution traces its beginnings to 1916, when a group of leading reformers founded the Institute for Government Research (IGR), the first private organization devoted to analyzing public policy issues at the national level."

"Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institution—a think tank—whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense."

From the University of Wisconsin/Madison. It is one of the National Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

See topics such as Economic Recession, Poverty, etc. From the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does not take positions on policy issues. The Pew Research Center is an independent subsidiary of the Pew Charitable Trusts."

"In the mid-1960s, President Johnson saw the need for independent nonpartisan analysis of the problems facing America's cities and their residents. The President created a blue-ribbon commission of civic leaders who recommended chartering a center to do that work. In 1968, the Urban Institute became that center." For more information on poverty related issues, browse the Urban Institute site By Topic and see Fact Sheets.