U.S. Census Bureau
 Poverty




Alternative Poverty Estimates: 2003

Tables

Tables for 2002 and 2003

Poverty estimates based on alternative measures of income

  

Poverty estimates based on National Academy of Sciences recommendations

Table 1. Poverty Estimates Based on Alternative Measures of Income: 2002 and 2003 [PDF]

  

Table 3. Alternative Poverty Estimates Based on National Academy of Sciences Recommendations, by Geographic and Inflationary Adjustments: 2002 and 2003 [PDF]

Table 2. Poverty Rate Estimates by Selected Demographic Characteristics and by Region, Based on Alternative Measures of Income: 2003 [PDF]

Detailed Tables: Alternative Measures of Income and Poverty: 2003

  

Table 4. Alternative Poverty Estimates Based on National Academy of Sciences Recommendations, by Selected Demographic Characteristics and by Region: 2003 [PDF]
Tables showing many years of data

Poverty estimates based on alternative measures of income

  

Poverty estimates based on National Academy of Sciences recommendations

Table B-1. Percentage of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income: 1980 to 2003 [PDF]

  

Table B-3. Official and National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Based Poverty Rates: 1999 to 2003 [PDF]

Table B-2. Percentage of People in Poverty, by Definition of Income: 1987 to 2003 (Poverty Thresholds Based on CPI-U-RS) [PDF] (More about CPI-U and CPI-U-RS)
Tables showing effects of revised tax model

The CPS ASEC, the survey that collects these data, does not ask respondents about their taxes. Thus, in order to analyze poverty using after-tax income, taxes had to be estimated using a tax model. The Census Bureau improved the model that estimated taxes. These tables show how revisions to the tax model affected the alternative poverty estimates. (Technical paper about tax model, "New Methods for Simulating CPS Taxes," by Amy O'Hara) [PDF]

Poverty estimates based on alternative measures of income

  

Poverty estimates based on National Academy of Sciences recommendations

Table C-1. Poverty Rate Estimates Based on Alternative Measures of Income and Original and New Tax Models, by Selected Demographic Characteristics and by Region: 2003 [PDF]

  

Table C-2. Alternative Poverty Estimates Based on National Academy of Sciences Recommendations and Original and New Tax Models, by Selected Demographic Characteristics and by Region: 2003 [PDF]

Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit ask.census.gov for further information on Poverty Statistics.

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