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Current Population Survey (CPS) Table Creator II
(with Customizable Income and Poverty Definitions)
For the Annual Social and Economic Supplement
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Income Definitions
- Poverty Status - Alternative and Household Income - Alternative are currently
available for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Note that 2009 data show poverty status and income based
on the 2008 reference period; 2007 data show poverty status and income based
on the 2007 reference period.
- For Poverty Status - Alternative, the income definition is applied to
the family income.
- For Household Income - Alternative, the income definition is applied to
the household income.
- The income format for Household Income - Alternative is the format selected
in section 6, Customized Formatting.
- You may select the official income (Money Income), any of five alternatives,
or you may customize your own definition from the 41 possible components of income.
- The 41 income components are (the number corresponds to the number shown in
the table footnote when you customize your own income definition):
- Earnings (wages, salaries, and self-employment income)
- Interest income
- Dividend income
- Rents, royalties, estate, and trust income
- Non-government retirement pensions and annuities
- Non-government survivor pensions and annuities
- Non-government disability pensions and annuities
- Realized capital gains (losses)
- Social Security
- Unemployment compensation
- Workers' compensation
- Veterans' payments other than pensions
- Government retirement pensions and annuities
- Government survivor pensions and annuities
- Government disability pensions and annuities
- Public assistance (includes TANF and other cash welfare)
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Veterans' pensions
- Federal earned income credit
- Federal income taxes after refundable credits except EIC (deducted from income)
- State income taxes after all refundable credits (deducted from income)
- Payroll taxes (FICA and other mandatory deductions) (deducted from income)
- Property taxes on owner-occupied housing (deducted from income)
- Government educational assistance
- Non-government educational assistance
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - formerly known as Food Stamps
- Free and reduced-price school lunches
- Low-income energy assistance
- Public housing and rent subsidies
- Public housing and rent subsidies - AHS-based estimates (used in the R&D Servies)
- Public housing and rent subsidies - FMR-based estimates (used for the NAS Series)
- Fungible value of Medicaid
- Child Support
- Alimony
- Regular contributions from persons not living in the household
- Money income not elsewhere classified
- Imputed return to home equity on owner-occupied housing
- Regular-price school lunches
- Employer contribution to health care plans
- Fungible value of medicare
- Medical expenses out-of-pocket (deducted from income)
- Work-related expenses
- Work-related expenses excluding child care (deducted from income)
- Work-related expenses including child care (deducted from income)
- Economic stimulus payments
- The pre-defined income definitions are:
- Money Income (the official definition of income)
Consists of the following 23 income components:
- 1. Earnings (wages, salaries, and self-employment income)
- 2. Interest income
- 3. Dividend income
- 4. Rents, royalties, estate, and trust income
- 5. Non-government retirement pensions and annuities
- 6. Non-government survivor pensions and annuities
- 7. Non-government disability pensions and annuities
- 9. Social Security
- 10. Unemployment compensation
- 11. Workers' compensation
- 12. Veterans' payments other than pensions
- 13. Government retirement pensions and annuities
- 14. Government survivor pensions and annuities
- 15. Government disability pensions and annuities
- 16. Public assistance (includes TANF and other cash welfare)
- 17. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- 18. Veterans' pensions
- 24. Government educational assistance
- 25. Non-government educational assistance
- 31. Child Support
- 32. Alimony
- 33. Regular contributions from persons not living in the household
- 34. Money income not elsewhere classified
- Market Income
Consists of the following 15 income components:
- 1. Earnings (wages, salaries, and self-employment income)
- 2. Interest income
- 3. Dividend income
- 4. Rents, royalties, estate, and trust income
- 5. Non-government retirement pensions and annuities
- 6. Non-government survivor pensions and annuities
- 7. Non-government disability pensions and annuities
- 8. Realized capital gains (losses)
- 25. Non-government educational assistance
- 31. Child Support
- 32. Alimony
- 33. Regular contributions from persons not living in the household
- 34. Money income not elsewhere classified
- 35. Imputed return to home equity on owner-occupied housing
- 40(a). Work-related expenses excluding child care (deducted from income)
- Post-Social Insurance Income
Consists of 23 income components, all the Market Income components AND the following:
- 9. Social Security
- 10. Unemployment compensation
- 11. Workers' compensation
- 12. Veterans' payments other than pensions
- 13. Government retirement pensions and annuities
- 14. Government survivor pensions and annuities
- 15. Government disability pensions and annuities
- 24. Government educational assistance
- Disposable Income
Consists of 34 income components, all the Post-Social Insurance Income components AND the following:
- 16. Public assistance (includes TANF and other cash welfare)
- 17. Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- 18. Veterans' pensions
- 19. Federal earned income credit
- 20. Federal income taxes after refundable credits except EIC (deducted from income)
- 21. State income taxes after all refundable credits (deducted from income)
- 22. Payroll taxes (FICA and other mandatory deductions) (deducted from income)
- 23. Property taxes on owner-occupied housing (deducted from income)
- 26. Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP)
- 27. Free and reduced-price school lunches
- 29(a). Public housing and rental subsidies - AHS-based estimate
- 36. Regular-price school lunches
- 41. Economic stimulus payments
- NAS Income
Consists of Money Income (see the 23 components listed above)
PLUS
- 8. Realized capital gains (losses)
- 19. Federal earned income credit
- 26. Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP)
- 27. Free and reduced-price school lunches
- 28. Low-income energy assistance
- 29(b). Public housing and rental subsidies - FMR-based estimate
- 36. Regular-price school lunches
- 41. Economic stimulus payments
MINUS
- 20. Federal income taxes after refundable credits except EIC (deducted from income)
- 21. State income taxes after all refundable credits (deducted from income)
- 22. Payroll taxes (FICA and other mandatory deductions) (deducted from income)
- 40(b). Work-related expenses including child care
- NAS Income minus Medical Out-of-Pocket Expenditures
Consists of all the components in NAS Income
MINUS
- 39. Medical Expenses out of pocket
Alternative Measures of Income and Poverty (R&D) Series
The R&D series is based on research developed in the 1980s. This series focuses on alternative definitions of income but uses the same poverty thresholds across all income definitions. All of the 18 income definitions used in this series can be replicated using the Table Creator II. For detailed instructions for replicating any specific income definition, please see "How to Use CPS Table Creator II to Reproduce the Alternative Measures of Income and Poverty (R&D) Series"
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for further information on the Current Population Survey Table Creator.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised:November 03, 2009
