Program income includes income from a variety of sources such as Social Security payments, Unemployment Compensation, and VA Benefits. Public assistance includes cash and non-cash benefits (e.g. TANF, SNAP) to low-income families or individuals.
Publications
A Profile of Supplemental Security Income Recipients: 2017
This brief examines SSI receipt in 2017. It includes demographics for three age groups and benefit receipt from complementary programs among adult recipients.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Receipt for Households: 2018
This report presents data on SNAP receipt during 2018 at the national and state levels based on the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates.
Family Participation Rates in Nutrition Assistance Programs: 2015
Reports family and individual participation in nutrition assistance programs in calendar year 2015, as reported in Wave 3 of the 2014 SIPP panel.
Working Papers
Economic Well-Being of Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The paper uses data from the experimental Household Pulse Survey to show income sources families used to support themselves at three points during the pandemic.
Is Retirement More Unequal Than We Think?
This conference paper examines income inequality among older households using SIPP linked to administrative records.
Benchmarking the Redesigned Survey of Income and Program Participation
This poster compares estimates of social insurance and pension income in SIPP, National Income and Product Accounts, and administrative records.
Tables
SIPP Detailed Program Receipt 508 Compliant Tables: 2017
These SIPP tables provide national data about a variety of social welfare and social insurance programs.
SIPP Detailed Program Receipt Tables: 2017
These SIPP tables provide national data about a variety of social welfare and social insurance programs.
SIPP Detailed Program Receipt Tables: 2016
These SIPP tables provide national data about a variety of social welfare and social insurance programs.
Visualizations
WIC Program Eligibility and Participation
View WIC program eligibility and participation estimates by state from linked American Community Survey and Administrative Records.
SNAP Profiles New York State (Interactive)
SNAP is the largest federal program to reduce domestic hunger, but many eligible people do not participate.
Nutrition Assistance: Number of Children Receiving Food Stamps
The number of children receiving food stamps remains higher than it was before the start of the Great Recession in 2007.