This layer displays debt information at the state and county levels from the Urban Institute’s 2021 Debt in America. Data includes medical debt, student loan debt, automobile debt, retail debt and any debt in collections based on December 2020 credit bureau records.
Children in Poverty by School District, 2020-2024
Click the map link to view estimates from the 2020-24 American Community Survey (ACS). Data are available for states, counties, ZIP Codes, and other geographic areas. Search the Map Room for the terms 2024 ACS to view additional data layers from the American Community Survey.
Digital Divide Index
Updated maps and data for the Digital Divide Index (DDI). The DDI ranges in value from 0 to 100, where 100 indicates the highest digital divide. It is composed of two scores, also ranging from 0 to 100: the infrastructure/adoption (INFA) score and the socioeconomic (SE) score.
Children in Poverty
Layer displays information about children in poverty from the American Community Survey (ACS). Data from the 2008-2012 5-Year estimates is available at the state, county, ZCTA, and census tract geographic levels. New maps and data for the total population in poverty and the population age 65+ in poverty are also now available.
New 2011-15 American Community Survey Data Layers
Layer displays poverty rates from the 2011-15 American Community Survey. Check out other 2011-15 ACS updates by searching the Map Room for the terms 2015 ACS.
Population in Poverty, Disparity Index Score
Layer displays information about racial disparity of poverty using data from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS). The Index of Disparity (ID) is used to show the magnitude of variation in indicator percentages across population groups. In this case, the index measures the difference in the percentage of populations of different racial and ethnic groups living below the poverty level.
New 2012-16 American Community Survey Data Layers Are Here!
Click the map link to view the poverty rate from the 2012-16 American Community Survey for counties, ZIP Codes, and other geographic areas. Check out other 2012-16 ACS updates by searching the Map Room for the terms 2016 ACS.
New 2013-17 American Community Survey Data Layers Are Here!
Click the map link to view the poverty rate from the 2013-17 American Community Survey (ACS) for counties, ZIP Codes, and other geographic areas. Check out other 2013-17 ACS updates by searching the Map Room for the terms 2017 ACS.
New 2014-18 American Community Survey Data Layers Are Here!
Click the map link to view the poverty rate from the 2014-18 American Community Survey (ACS) for counties, ZIP Codes, and other geographic areas. Check out other 2014-18 ACS updates by searching the Map Room for the terms 2018 ACS.
Rural vs. Urban Household Poverty
This layer displays information about the difference between rural and urban childhood poverty across the United States. Data are based on census-tract level information from the 2008-12 American Community Survey. Census tracts are defined as urban or rural based on 2010 US Census Bureau definitions; tract level information is then aggregated to and displayed at the Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) geographic level.