Poverty

Links to data, reports and analysis. Also links to the current edition of the Va Stat.
See also the Weldon Cooper Center's 2012 report, Poverty and the Social Safety Net in Virginia

2011 report from the Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce.

Updated January 2012. Includes data and information on income, unemployment, housing, medical and food assistance, child support and a recent report from the Virginia Poverty Task Force. See also the 2010 Virginia Poverty Task Force Report.

From the Weldon Cooper Center. ... this work follows many of the recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences seminal 1995 report Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, which outlines improvements to be made in the United States official poverty measure. Specifically, in contrast to the official national poverty measure, the Virginia Poverty Measure includes (1) regional differences in the cost of living; (2) updated thresholds that account for a broader array of goods, and reflect the consumption patterns of contemporary American families; and (3) a broader definition of income and resources that better captures the true financial circumstances of Virginians.

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By Congressional District. From USDA's Food and Nutrition Research service.

From the Anne E Casey Foundation. State and community level data on issues related to children in poverty.

From the US Census. These school district, county and state estimates were released in November 2011.

From the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Data on health costs and budgets, the uninsured, Medicaid and Medicare, minority and women's health and more.