New and Revised Estimates of Children in Poverty for States and Counties Released by Census Bureau
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New and Revised Estimates of Children in Poverty for States and
Counties Released by Census Bureau
The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released new state- and
county-level estimates of the number of children under 18 living in
poverty in 1993, as well as state-level estimates for 1993 of the number
of poor children under age 5.
The Internet address for this information is [1]
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe93.html.
Three 1993 data sets for each state and county total number of poor
people, number of related children ages 5-17 in families in poverty and
median household income originally released in March of 1997, have been
revised and re-released.
All of the tabulations for 1993 mark the first time the Census Bureau has
issued county-level income and poverty estimates in non-census years. The
population census takes place every 10 years. The figures reflect new
population estimates, the results of new research by the Census Bureau and
suggestions by the National Academy of Sciences.
The estimates provide up-to-date information on which decisions can be
based about program changes and funding allocations. For example, the
tabulations of children under 5 who are in poverty may be used to measure
the demand for local Head Start programs.
All estimates were obtained by combining results from the Census Bureau's
March 1994 Current Population Survey with aggregate data from federal
individual income tax records, food stamp program participation
statistics, 1994 population estimates and 1990 census figures.
The estimates work was supported by the Census Bureau and the U.S.
departments of Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Labor,
Education and Health and Human Services.
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