Poverty Information

Publication resources for Poverty:

• Research Publications
  • North Dakota KIDS COUNT:
    • 2006 Overview of Children's Well-Being in North Dakota: A Focus on American Indian Children -- poverty data for American Indian children and all children in North Dakota
    • 2005 Overview of Children's Well-Being in North Dakota: Strengths and Challenges -- includes overall and children's poverty data
    • See page on Poverty
  • The statewide housing needs assessment results are presented as a Final Report, as Detailed Tables, and through the SHARP website and are available online. Income status is a dimension explored throughout the Final Report, Detailed Tables, and SHARP website, as "affordable housing" was an important dimension of the needs assessment
• Population Bulletins

Select Data Links:

• CLIKS Online Data from KIDS COUNT -- includes children in poverty data
• State-Level Data Online from KIDS COUNT -- includes children in poverty data
• U.S. Census Bureau
  • Poverty Topics
• American FactFinder Census 2000 Data - Summary File 3 -- includes several detailed tables on poverty (e.g., Tables P87-P93; Table PCT50 provides age by ratio of income to poverty level)
• Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) -- includes overall and children's poverty data

Additional Links:

• National Center for Children in Poverty
• Poverty Guidelines (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
  • FAQs
• U.S. Census Bureau
  • Poverty Thresholds