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Bookmark or Share- Supplemental Poverty Measure - Census.govExplore the impact of different programs or expenses on the Supplementary Poverty Measure during each year. We measure poverty two ways every year. The official poverty measure is based on cash resources. The supplemental poverty measure includes noncash benefits. View research on potential changes to the SPM under consideration.
- Supplemental Poverty Measure Rose in 2023 for Second Consecutive YearThe Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which includes noncash government assistance, increased for the second consecutive year to 12.9% in 2023 from 12.4% in 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau survey data released today.
- Supplemental Poverty Measure - childstats.govSince the publication of the first official poverty estimates in 1964, there has been continuing debate about the best approach for measuring poverty in the United States. Since 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau has published poverty estimates using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
- The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) and Children: How and Why the ...The new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) produces a different overall estimate of the number of poor people in the United States and substantially alters the composition of the population in poverty—much less child poverty, much more aged poverty, and more nonaged adult poverty.
- 2023 Research Supplemental Poverty Measure ThresholdsAs seen in Chart 1, the 2023 SPM thresholds for consumer units with two adults and two children are $37,482 for renters, $36,915 for owners with mortgages, and $30,870 for owners without mortgages, as compared to the official poverty threshold of $30,900 (for two adults two children).
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