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Poverty and Income Estimates by County, United States, 2008

The U.S. Census Bureau, with support from other Federal agencies, created the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program to provide more current estimates of selected income and poverty statistics than those from the most recent decennial census.

Estimates are created for school districts, counties, and states. The 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. Estimates for 2008 were released in November 2009. These estimates combine data from administrative records, intercensal population estimates, and the decennial census with direct estimates from the American Community Survey to provide consistent and reliable single-year estimates. These model-based single-year estimates are more reflective of current conditions than multi-year survey estimates.

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Attributes Range Median Mean Std. Dev.
Longitude
 
-1  to  115838
44476 46610.67 11916.95
Longitude of county.
Poverty Estimate Under Age 18
 
-1  to  548487
1359 4353.67 15035.32
Estimate of people age 0-17 in poverty.
Name Text column (no statistics available)
Name of feature county.
Median Household Income
 
-1  to  111582
41173 43378.25 11672.64
Estimate of median household income.
State FIPS
 
1  to  56
18 20.96 15.99
State FIPS code.
Poverty Percent Ages 0-4
 
-1  to  17
-1 -0.99 0.32
Estimated percent of people under age 5 in poverty.
County FIPS
 
0  to  510
79 93.61 82.29
County FIPS code.
Name Text column (no statistics available)
Name of County.
Longitude
19.60  to  69.31
38.43 38.45 5.31
Longitude of feature geometry.
Poverty Percent Under Age 18
 
-1.00  to  67.10
21.70 22.16 8.81
Estimated percent of people age 0-17 in poverty.
Poverty Estimate Ages 0-4
 
-1  to  73053
-1 22.70 1315.91
Estimated percent of people under age 5 in poverty.
County Name Text column (no statistics available)
Name of feature county.
Population in 2000
 
67  to  9519338
24556 89197.33 293796.22
Population in 2000.
Poverty Estimate All Ages
 
-1  to  1482051
4174 13005.45 42650.43
Estimate of people of all ages in poverty.
Population in 2001
 
64  to  9666193
24956 90465.36 298279.51
Population in 2001
Poverty Estimate Ages 5-17
 
-1  to  376120
879 2816.68 10036.05
Estimate of related children age 5-17 in families in poverty.
Area
 
3.22  to  147044.47
632.59 1156.28 3699.16
Area of feature geometry.
State Name Text column (no statistics available)
Name of state.
Poverty Percent All Ages
 
-1.00  to  54.40
15.20 15.91 6.25
Estimated percent of people of all ages in poverty.
Population 2000 sqmi
 
0.00  to  67453.80
40.90 216.62 1710.81
Population in year 2000 per square mile.
Poverty Percent Ages 5-17
 
-1.00  to  66.70
19.30 19.89 8.40
Estimated percent of related children age 5-17 in families in poverty.
State Abbreviation Text column (no statistics available)
State two letter abbreviation.
Latitude
 
-1  to  107325
37939 40145.85 11496.90
Latitude of feature geometry.