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FRED Adds New Census Poverty Data

FRED has added 52 data series for the U.S. Census Income and Poverty data release.

The new series show the poverty status of different groups of people and families, organized by their type of family relationship, age, and type of family. The official poverty measure, in use since the 1960s, defines poverty by comparing pretax income to a poverty threshold that is adjusted by family composition. More details are available here.

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