Poverty Status by CountyPoverty Status by County reports the number and percentage of people and children living in poverty, by race/ethnicity and age range.
Data and Resources
Additional Info
Total;Under 18
Population for which Poverty status has been determined by selected age group.
Poverty Status by County reports the number and percentage of people and children living in poverty, by race/ethnicity and age range.
Economy
Annual
The Census Bureau determines that a person is living in poverty when his or her total household income compared with the size and composition of the household is below the poverty threshold. The Census Bureau uses the federal government's official definition of poverty to determine the poverty threshold. Beginning in 2000, individuals were presented with the option to select one or more races. In addition, the Census asked individuals to identify their race separately from identifying their Hispanic origin. The Census has published individual tables for the races and ethnicities provided as supplemental information to the main table that does not dissaggregate by race or ethnicity. Race categories include the following - White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Some other race, and Two or more races. We are not including specific combinations of two or more races as the counts of these combinations are small. Ethnic categories include - Hispanic or Latino and White Non-Hispanic. This data comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates, table B17001. The ACS collects these data from a sample of households on a rolling monthly basis. ACS aggregates samples into one-, three-, or five-year periods. CTdata.org generally carries the five-year datasets, as they are considered to be the most accurate, especially for geographic areas that are the size of a county or smaller.
Poverty status determined is the denominator for the poverty rate. It is the population for which poverty status was determined so when poverty is calculated they exclude institutionalized people, people in military group quarters, people in college dormitories, and unrelated individuals under 15 years of age.
Below poverty level are households as determined by the thresholds based on the criteria of looking at household size, Below poverty level are households as determined by the thresholds based on the criteria of looking at household size, number of children, and age of householder.number of children, and age of householder.
County
2015-2019
Number;Percent
Corresponding number indicator.
Below Poverty Level;Poverty Status Determined
All;American Indian and Alaska Native Alone;Asian Alone;Black or African American Alone;Hispanic or Latino;Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander;Some Other Race Alone;Two or More Races;White Alone;White Alone Not Hispanic or Latino
False
US Census
Poverty
Poverty Status;Margins of Error
2005-2009;2006-2010;2007-2011;2008-2012;2009-2013;2010-2014;2011-2015;2012-2016;2013-2017;2014-2018;2015-2019