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Income and Poverty

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.
Multidimensional Deprivation Index (MDI)

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.

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Experimental Poverty Measures (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Since 1995, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has been conducting research on the development of experimental expenditure-based poverty thresholds.
Poverty Guidelines, Research, & Measurement (Department of Health & Human Services)

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

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The Institute for Research on Poverty (University of Wisconsin)

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 Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (University of Kentucky)

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 Poverty Research Institute (University of Missouri)

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

Provides research, policy analysis, and training on issues of poverty and inequality.
West Coast Poverty Center (University of Washington)

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

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The World Bank: Data

Free and open access to data about income and development around the globe.
United Nations Statistics Division: Income and Poverty

Established work programme to assist policy-makers and statisticians in countries to meet the growing demand for poverty statistics and related information.