U.S. Census Bureau
 Poverty




Alternative Poverty Estimates: 2003

Figures (Graphs)

Poverty estimates based on alternative measures of income

  

Poverty estimates based on National Academy of Sciences recommendations

Figure 1. Poverty Estimates Based on Selected Alternative Definitions of Income and Deflators: 1987 to 2003 [PDF]

  

Figure 2. Poverty Rates Based on National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Recommendations: 1999 to 2003 [PDF]

Figure 3. Poverty Rates Based on National Academy of Sciences Recommendations, With Scales Magnified to Show Differences Among Measures: 1999 to 2003 [PDF]

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: September 29, 2009