Access Our Data

We have built unique datasets that provide insight into historical trends in U.S. poverty, how national poverty rates may vary month-to-month, and what poverty looks like within different neighborhoods in New York City. All are available for public use.

With support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and The JPB Foundation, we created a historical Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). Our U.S. historical poverty data extends back to 1967, the year in which the official poverty measure began. 

With support from the Gates Foundation, we created a monthly Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) to provide close to real-time estimates of the economic well-being of U.S. households. Our monthly SPM data is available from January 2020 onwards. 

With support from Robin Hood, we created a longitudinal New York City Poverty Tracker survey to track poverty, material hardship, and health in the city over time. Our New York City Poverty Tracker data is available from 2012 onwards.