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https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2013/demo/SEHSD-WP2013-28.html
Comparing Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds and Family Budgets
The Census Bureau reports on the SPM compared income-to-povertyâthreshold ratios using the official and the SPM.
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https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2019/demo/SEHSD-WP2019-23.html
Impact on the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2016
This presentation compares supplemental poverty estimates from the 2017 CPS ASEC production and research files.
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https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2025/comm/supplemental-poverty-measure.html
Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)
The 2024 poverty rate was 10.6%, a decrease from the 2023 estimate.
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https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/supplemental-poverty-measure.html
Supplemental Poverty Measure
In 2009, the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) created a Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) to replace previous experimental poverty measures.
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