The US Census Bureau Index of Economic Activity (IDEA) is an aggregation of 15 of the Census Bureau’s primary economic data series that provides a single time series constructed as a weighted average.
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Digital access to historic policy documents and data related to US economic history and financial system, including the history of the Federal Reserve System. Dates of coverage: 1781-current
The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. This resource contains a compendium of statistics from sources that include data series -- three times more than in the previous edition -- and dozens of new topics, among them slavery, American Indians, and poverty. Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field.
This resource will permit users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest. Note: To use the custom tables, users must register for an account. To register, click on the register link in the upper right corner of the page and complete the form.
The poverty guidelines are a simplified version of the federal poverty thresholds used for administrative purposes — for instance, determining financial eligibility for certain federal programs. They are issued each year in the Federal Register by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Poverty thresholds are used for calculating all official poverty population statistics — for instance, figures on the number of Americans in poverty each year. They are updated each year by the Census Bureau