Poverty

Poverty Data - US Census Bureau

Poverty definition, thresholds & guidlines, Current Population Survey (CPS), Poverty in the US, and Decennial Census data.

Poverty in the United States

US Census Bureau PDF publication based on the Current Population Survey. Most complete source of poverty data available.

Poverty Guidelines

US Department of Health & Human Services yearly poverty guidelines.

Institute for Research on Poverty

The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is a national, university-based, nonprofit and nonpartisan center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States.

Joint Center for Poverty Research

National and interdisciplinary academic research center funded by the US Department of Health & Human Services provides working papers, guidelines and legislative policies.

PovertyNet

Collection of reports and data on world poverty.

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Poverty Estimates for School Districts

Statistics from US Census Bureau.

 

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National Center for Children in Poverty

Newsletters, state & local info, research and data relating to child and family povery.

Smart Library on Urban Poverty

Collaborated research on urban poverty from the National Institute of Social Science Information and the Center for Poverty and Joblessness at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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