Sources:
o BLS LAUS Data link: Tables and Maps : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
o BLS LAUS Data definitions: Concepts : Handbook of Methods: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Evolution of the Unemployment Rate in the U.P.
LAUS defines unemployment as: “… people who were not employed during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. People who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.”
Evolution of Median Household Income in the U.P
Evolution of the poverty rates in the U.P.
United States Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) defines poverty as a family with a pre-taxed household income less than the official poverty threshold and not a part of an institutionalized, military, or dormitory population. Additionally, children under 15 who are not related to the household reference person (for, example foster children) are not counted.
Source: SAIPE
SAIPE's methodology tends to change quickly, making year-to-year comparison less accurate, which is reflected in the confidence intervals.
o SAIPE data: SAIPE
o SAIPE methodology: SAIPE Methodology
o SAIPE definitions: Poverty Universe Data
o U.S. Census Bureau definition of poverty: How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty