Table Data - Poverty Universe, Age 5-17 related for Columbus County, NC

Title Poverty Universe, Age 5-17 related for Columbus County, NC
Series ID PUA5T17RNC37047A647NCEN
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 5:21 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 11075
1999-01-01 10116
2000-01-01 9957
2001-01-01 9779
2002-01-01 9774
2003-01-01 9657
2004-01-01 9597
2005-01-01 9619
2006-01-01 9488
2007-01-01 9256
2008-01-01 9216
2009-01-01 9387
2010-01-01 9750
2011-01-01 9767
2012-01-01 9621
2013-01-01 9422
2014-01-01 9381
2015-01-01 9259
2016-01-01 8959
2017-01-01 8770
2018-01-01 8509
2019-01-01 8387
2020-01-01 8206
2021-01-01 7565
2022-01-01 7453
2023-01-01 7431
2024-01-01 7315

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