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Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare: Recommended Data

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ERS Typology Codes—ERS county-level typology codes capture differences in economic and social characteristics. Their primary function is to help differentiate among nonmetro counties, but metro counties are also coded to facilitate comparisons between counties on the basis of economic dependence and policy-relevant classifications.

Federal Funds—This product contains information from the Census Bureau's Consolidated Federal Funds Reports on Federal expenditures and obligations for grants, salaries and wages, procurements, direct payments, direct loans, guaranteed loans, and insurance obtained from Federal agencies. ERS screens the data for each Federal program for accuracy at the county level and then presents the data by function and type of program for each county and State.

Poverty estimates—State and county-level poverty estimates for all individuals and related children below 18 years of age. Data come from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Unemployment and median household income estimates—State and county-level unemployment rates for multiple years and the latest median household income figures. Data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.

 

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Updated date: September 8, 2010