Poverty

Microdata Access

Make your own Tables or Cross Tabulations

• Current Population Survey Table Creators:
• The CPS Table Creator gives you the ability to create customized tables from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
• You can also generate estimates using your own definitions of income and poverty with CPS Table Creator II.
• DataFerrett
• DataFerrett lets you look at already created tables or allows you to create your own tables/extract files using:
• Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC)
• American Community Survey (ACS)
• Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
• Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD)
• American FactFinder
• Provides numerous data products (detailed tables, subject tables, data profiles, geographic comparison tables, etc.) for specific geographic (nation, state, places, county, congressional district, etc.)
• Data for the American Community Survey (2001 to 2008), Census 2000 and 1990 census
• Single year ACS data for all geographics with 65,000+ population; three year ACS data for all geographics with 20,000+ population; five year ACS data for all geographics (available late 2010)

Download Microdata

• Current Population Survey
• DataWeb FTP page.
• American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
• ACS PUMS Data
• Note: Data are available for 1996-1998 and 2000-2008. No PUMS data were produced for the 1999 period.
• Survey of Income and Program Participation
• DataWeb FTP Page
• Census 2000
• 5-Percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files
• 1-Percent Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files
• Census Research Data Center
• Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD)
• DataWeb FTP page.