Poverty rates are key economic indicators often used by policymakers to evaluate economic well-being and make comparisons across sectors of the population.
This report presents monthly and average monthly poverty rates for the United States in 2013 based on data collected from the 2014 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). In addition, it examines how monthly and average monthly poverty rates vary across demographic groups.
The U.S. Census Bureau identified an error in the processing for gross Social Security benefit amounts, TSSSAMT, where the value of Medicare deductions was double counted. Please see the user’s note for additional information. Corrected tables have been reissued and are available here.