Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness: Poverty-specific Stats

Select your criteria (county, year, month, indicator) and generate your own statistical report.

Compares most recent 2 months and 1 year ago: TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF); Food Stamps; IMPACT (Employment and Training); Child Care.
Local contact for DFR: Glenn Cardwell, 30 N. 8th St., Terre Haute IN 47807. 812.234-0100

Monthly Management Reports and INdiana FACT: Includes comparative data on TANF, child care, food stamps, child support, IMPACT and child welfare

Additional data are scheduled to be released in December, 2010

Society of Government Economists - A New Supplemental Poverty Measure for the United States January 8, 2011 - Papers prepared for the Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting– Denver, CO

Article from Indiana Business Research Center, September-October, 2010; including how to measure poverty

Annual report on persons who, during the year, spent 27 weeks or more in the labor force (working or looking for work), but whose incomes still fell below the official poverty level.

Introduction and tables

Choose year within 1) Size of Family and Number of Children or 2) Poverty thresholds by Sex of Head, Size of Family, Number of Children and by Farm-Nonfarm Residence

Latest: Estimates for 2011 were released in December 2012. "Main objective of this program is to provide updated estimates of income and poverty statistics for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions." Search various years, back to 1989. Search 1) all ages in poverty; 2) ages 5-17 in families in poverty; 3) under age 5 in poverty; 4) Median Household Income, in dollars. Search states & counties, school districts (graphical & table data)

Released Sept. 17, 2013. The U.S. Census Bureau announced that in 2012, real median household income and the poverty rate were not statistically different from the previous year, while the percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased. Median household income in the United States in 2012 was $51,017, not statistically different in real terms from the 2011 median of $51,100. This followed two consecutive annual declines. The nation's official poverty rate in 2012 was 15.0 percent, which represents 46.5 million people living at or below the poverty line. This marked the second consecutive year that neither the official poverty rate nor the number of people in poverty were statistically different from the previous year's estimates. >>Other links to specific parts of this report >> Press release/summary

An American Community Survey Brief; 5 pages

Includes Changing the Shape of the Nation's Income Distribution; A Brief Look at Post-War U.S. Income Inequality; Narrative on Income Inequality (Middle Class)

From the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Health and Human Services

HHS-related info and links to related sites