spovrates: State poverty rates, annual.

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State poverty rates, annual.

Description

State poverty rates, annual, 1980 through most recent, from the Census Bureau. One row per state per year per type of rate.

Includes all 50 states, United States (US), and District of Columbia (DC) for all years. PR in a few years.

comment(spovrates) for info

Usage

spovrates

Format

Data frame with 1 row per state per year per type of poverty rate

stabbr

State postal abbreviation; character

year

Calendar year; numeric

povrate

State poverty rate as a percentage; numeric

type

Data source: cps, acs, saipe, or best; character

Source

Bureau of the Census: cps (hstpov21.xls); acs (American FactFinder downloaded files); saipe (API).

Examples

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