Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates

Release Highlights of 2006

December 10, 2008

The following estimates are produced for 2006 from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program:

States & counties	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

Estimates are available in table format and in maps. These model-based estimates are produced for all states, counties, and school districts of all population sizes. The estimates use data from the American Community Survey and fill in where direct survey estimates are not available. For an overview of the changes in methodology between the 2006 and prior estimates, see Estimation Procedure Changes.

The Release Summary of 2006 Estimates is available for counties, [XLS - 45k] and states [XLS - 31k] and contains estimates with the highest and lowest estimated poverty rates and median household income in 2006. Estimates for counties/states in the tables may not be statistically different from estimates for other counties/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.