Table Data - Poverty Universe, Age 5-17 related for Somerset County, MD

Title Poverty Universe, Age 5-17 related for Somerset County, MD
Series ID PUA5T17RMD24039A647NCEN
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 5:22 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 3736
1999-01-01 3329
2000-01-01 3240
2001-01-01 3265
2002-01-01 3202
2003-01-01 3300
2004-01-01 3314
2005-01-01 3277
2006-01-01 3228
2007-01-01 3216
2008-01-01 3205
2009-01-01 3278
2010-01-01 3065
2011-01-01 3046
2012-01-01 2982
2013-01-01 2956
2014-01-01 2880
2015-01-01 2912
2016-01-01 3092
2017-01-01 3085
2018-01-01 3022
2019-01-01 3036
2020-01-01 3020
2021-01-01 2999
2022-01-01 3031
2023-01-01 3132
2024-01-01 3178

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