The estimates are based on data from the Family Income Survey conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor and Human Resources, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The survey was conducted during June, July, and August 2004, and was designed to mimic the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted in the Mainland United States. Data are available for 1,149 of the 1,345 valid households in the sample. The questionnaire was administered in face-to-face personal interviews. Income questions refer to money income received during 2003 and resemble the questions used in the CPS ASEC in the breadth of income sources for which data are collected.

For further information about the Puerto Rico Family Income Surveys, please contact us.

Estimates of the number of related children ages 5 to 17 in families in poverty and the total number of children ages 5 to 17 in Puerto Rico are provided to meet the needs of the Department of Education relating to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Beginning with the 2004 estimates, the poverty estimates are derived from results of the Puerto Rico Community Survey. Documentation for the poverty estimates for Puerto Rico is available from the American Community Survey. The total and child population estimates continue to come from our Population division.