Data & Resources

2007 American Community Survey State Data:

• Total Poverty Rates, 2000-2007
• Child Poverty Rates, 2000-2007
• Family Poverty Rates, 2000-2007
• Median Household Income, 2000-2007

2007 Current Population Survey State Data:

• People in Poverty, 1999/2000 – 2006/2007
• People in Poverty, 2000/2001 – 2006/2007
• Median Household Income, 2000/2001 – 2006/2007
• People Without Health Insurance, 2000/2001 – 2006/2007

Joint Economic Committee Tables

State and Regional Data on Employment and Unemployment, July 2008
US. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 8/15/08.

Audio Briefing:

“Time for a Shared Recovery” (8/19/08)

• Listen & Watch
• Presentation slides:
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part IIIa
  • Part IIIb

Useful Tools

Submit a Letter to the Editor! A simple way to deliver an anti-poverty message.
Sample letters are provided and an easy way to send a letter to the paper of your choice.

Tables to Help You Show Your State’s Poverty Trends – Make Comparisons Back as Early as 2000 by CBPP
These tables will allow you to compare your state’s 2007 numbers for total poverty, child poverty, family poverty, and median income to previous years. In each document, the first worsheet provides instructions on how to draw these comparisons. Click on the tabs at the bottom of the document to access the tables for the various poverty trends.

• American Community Survey Tables
• Current Population Survey Tables

Timetable for Release of 2007 Data

August 26
American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS) economic data: income, poverty.
CPS: health insurance data.

September 23
ACS social, demographic and housing data (including education, marital status, ancestry, place of birth, transportation, vets’ status) –1 year comparisons.

December
New: data for all areas of 20,000 population or more.