Income is the gauge many use to determine the well-being of the U.S. population. Survey and census questions cover poverty, income, and wealth.

The MDI is a research measure created from a series of working papers. It will be updated on an annual basis, but it is not an official Census Bureau product.

Since 1995, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has been conducting research on the development of experimental expenditure-based poverty thresholds.

This page includes resources on the two slightly different versions of the U.S. (federal) poverty measure: the poverty thresholds and the poverty guidelines.

IRP is a nonprofit and nonpartisan center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States.

The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit academic research center in Gatton College of Business and Economics.

The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) provides analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural America.

Provides research, policy analysis, and training on issues of poverty and inequality.

The WCPC works to bridge the gaps between antipoverty research, practice, and policy by connecting scholars, policymakers and practitioners.