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Press Kit: Supplemental Poverty Measures

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Press Kit: Supplemental Poverty Measures

October 16, 2014

News Release

Poverty Rate Declines, Based on Supplemental Measure of Poverty

October 16, 2014

The nation’s poverty rate declined from 16.0 percent in 2012 to 15.5 percent in 2013, according to the supplemental poverty measure released today.

Blog Entry

Random Samplings Blog

What is the Supplemental Poverty Measure and How Does it Differ from the Official Measure?

October 14, 2014

In September, the U.S. Census Bureau released official poverty statistics for the United States for the 2013 calendar year.

Report

Related Information

"Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage: 2013"

September 16, 2014

This is the annual release of national-level income, poverty and health insurance statistics from the Current Population Survey.

Webinar: Supplemental Poverty Measure Research

Infographics

Infographic

Poverty: The History of a Measure

January 01, 2014

President Johnson’s 1964 declaration of his “War on Poverty” generated a new interest in measuring just how many people were in poverty and how that changed.

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