The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2016

The U.S. Census Bureau identified an error in the input of SPM thresholds for renters used in the 2016 SPM data products. The base threshold should have been $26,104 and was erroneously entered as $26,014. This error affected the SPM poverty status for 109 unweighted observations. As a result, the overall SPM poverty rate was understated by 0.06 percentage points—13.91 in published tables compared to 13.97 percent. Corrected tables, research files, and a revised report have all been reissued.

Figures

Figure 1. SPM Poverty Rates for Total Population and by Age Group: 2015 and 2016 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 2. Change in Percentage of People in Poverty Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2015 to 2016 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 3. Percentage of People in Poverty by Different Poverty Measures: 2016 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 4. Poverty Rates Using the Official Measure and the SPM: 2009 to 2016 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 5. Poverty Rates Using the Official Measure and the SPM for Two Age Groups: 2009 to 2016 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 6. Distribution of People by Income-to-Threshold Ratios: 2016 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 7. Difference in Poverty Rates by State Using the Official Measure and the SPM: 3-Year Average 2014 to 2016 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 8. Change in Number of People in Poverty After Including Each Element: 2016 [<1.0 MB]

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