Census Bureau Releases Alternative U.S. Poverty Estimate
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Oct. 20 - The U.S. Census Bureau has released alternative estimates of poverty for the 2008 calendar year. The Bureau’s calculations are based on recommendations in the 1995 National Research Council report, “Measuring Poverty: A New Approach.” Using the report’s revised definitions, the Census Bureau calculated a higher rate of poverty (15.8 percent) than the Bureau’s official annual estimate (13.2 percent).
(Note to reporters: Early news coverage of the Census Bureau's alternative estimates may have implied that the National Academy of Sciences issued the new estimates. The NAS did not calculate these numbers. However, as noted above, the Census Bureau based them on the 1995 Research Council report.)
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