SAIPE produces poverty and median household income estimates as well as single-year poverty estimates for the school-age population and school districts.

This document presents 2011 data from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program of the U.S. Census Bureau. The SAIPE program publishes the most current poverty estimates for the total population and median household income estimates annually for all counties. SAIPE produces single-year poverty estimates for the school-age population (age 5-17) for all school districts in the U.S.

Some of the highlights from the 2011 release showed that 923 counties had a school-age poverty rate significantly above and 909 significantly below the national poverty rate of 20.8 percent. In 2011, there were 53.8 million school-age children in 13,529 school districts. Of these, 49.2 percent of all school-age children resided in districts with School District poverty rates greater than 20 percent.

The following estimates are produced for 2011 from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program:

Counties & States	School districts
all people in poverty	total population
children under age 18 in poverty	children ages 5 to 17
related children ages 5 to 17 in families in poverty	related children ages 5 to 17 in families in poverty
children under age 5 in poverty (for states only)
median household income

These model-based estimates are produced for school districts, counties and states. They are produced by combining data from administrative records, postcensal population estimates, and the decennial census with direct estimates from the American Community Survey to provide consistent and reliable single-year estimates.

Tables of highest and lowest SAIPE estimates for:

All Counties [<1.0 MB]

All States [<1.0 MB]

Counties in Metro Areas [<1.0 MB]

Counties in Micro Areas [<1.0 MB]

Counties Not in Metro or Micro Areas [<1.0 MB]

Counties in Midwest Region [<1.0 MB]

Counties in Northeast Region [<1.0 MB]

Counties in South Region [<1.0 MB]

Counties in Western Region [<1.0 MB]

Visualizations

By County

Percent in Poverty, 2011 Total Population [<1.0 MB]

Percent in Poverty, 2011 Under Age 18 [<1.0 MB]

Percent in Poverty, 2011 Children in Families Ages 5 to 17 [<1.0 MB]

Median Household Income, 2011 [<1.0 MB]

By State

Percent in Poverty, 2011 All Four Age Categories [<1.0 MB]

Median Household Income, 2011 [<1.0 MB]

General Cautions

Estimates for counties or states in the sorted tables may not be statistically different from estimates for other counties or states in the tables due to uncertainty in the estimates. Please see uncertainty for information associated with model-based estimates, and also general cautions about comparing model-based estimates.

Quantifying Uncertainty in State and County Estimates

The model-based estimates almost certainly differ from the figures that would result from administering the ACS to all households in the nation.

General Cautions About Comparing Estimates

View caution statements regarding comparing SAIPE estimates with other estimates.

Related Information

SAIPE Publications

Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021

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