Table Data - Poverty Universe, Age 0-17 for Northampton County, NC

Title Poverty Universe, Age 0-17 for Northampton County, NC
Series ID PUA0T17NC37131A647NCEN
Source U.S. Census Bureau
Release Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1998-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2026-02-09 5:25 PM CST
Notes The U.S. Census Bureau provides annual estimates of income and poverty statistics for all school districts, counties, and states through the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program. The bureau's main objective with this program is to provide estimates of income and poverty for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions. In addition to these federal programs, state and local programs use the income and poverty estimates for distributing funds and managing programs.

Poverty universe is one of the data sources used in producing SAIPE program estimates, it is made up of persons for whom the Census Bureau can determine poverty status (either "in poverty" or "not in poverty"). The definition of poverty universe for SAIPE estimates is the same for 2006 and beyond and conceptually matches the poverty universe of the American Community Survey (ACS). The poverty universe estimates are not the same as the population estimates from the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. Instead, they are derived estimates that differ from population estimates in the following ways:
1. The poverty universe does not include children under the age of 15 who are not related to a reference person within the household by way of birth, marriage or adoption (for example, foster children). The reason is that Census Bureau surveys typically ask income questions only of persons age 15 or older and those under 15 related to a reference person within the household.
2. Beginning with 2006, the poverty universe includes group quarters populations only for noninstitutionalized group quarters, not elsewhere classified. Residents of college dormitories, military housing, and all institutional group quarters populations are excluded. The 2005 poverty universe estimates excluded all group quarters' residents, matching the definition of the 2005 ACS. Prior to the estimates for 2005, the poverty universe data were derived from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey. This marks a break in the data series due to a methodology change.

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DATE VALUE
1998-01-01 5455
1999-01-01 5375
2000-01-01 5291
2001-01-01 5166
2002-01-01 5166
2003-01-01 4996
2004-01-01 5019
2005-01-01 4959
2006-01-01 4678
2007-01-01 4481
2008-01-01 4263
2009-01-01 4187
2010-01-01 4531
2011-01-01 4452
2012-01-01 4144
2013-01-01 3998
2014-01-01 3859
2015-01-01 3785
2016-01-01 3630
2017-01-01 3512
2018-01-01 3369
2019-01-01 3301
2020-01-01 3293
2021-01-01 2975
2022-01-01 2892
2023-01-01 2916
2024-01-01 2864

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