Indicator Report - New Mexico Population Demographics: Persons Living in Poverty
Why Is This Important?
Poverty takes into account both income and family size, and has both immediate and long-lasting effects on health. Income provides an assessment of the financial resources available to individual persons or families for basic necessities (e.g., food, clothing, and health care) to maintain or improve their well-being. Persons living in poverty are worse off than persons in more affluent households for many of the indicators tracked by the New Mexico Department of Health.Persons Living in Poverty New Mexico and U.S. 1995-2010
Data Notes
Poverty status is determined by comparing household income to poverty thresholds (income cutoffs). Thresholds vary by family size and number of children under 18 in the household. For instance, the poverty level for a family of four in 2012 was $23,050.Data Sources
U.S. Census Bureau, Data Integration Division, Small Area Estimates Branch, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE).Other Views
Definition
The estimated percentage of persons living in households whose income is at or below the federal poverty level.How We Calculated the Rates
| Numerator: | Estimated number of persons living in households whose income is below 100% of the federal poverty level as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
| Denominator: | Estimated number of persons in the population. |
Page Content Updated On 04/13/2012,
Published on 06/14/2012
