Income
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Household employment is a measure of how many members of a household had employment within the past 12 months.
Years included: 2018-2022
Source: Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates S2302
Household employment is a measure of how many members of a household had employment within the past 12 months.
Years included: 2018-2022
Source: Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates S2302
A CollegeChoice 529 plan is a tax-advantaged savings plan designed to help pay for education costs related to post-secondary education, K-12 education, and apprenticeships. They can also be used to pay off student loans. The rate per 1,000 represents the number of active accounts per every 1,000 youth under 18.
Years included: 2023
Source: Indiana Education Savings Authority
Poverty is a state in which an individual or group of individuals does not have sufficient resources to purchase basic necessities such as food, clothing, or housing. Poverty is most commonly calculated by using poverty thresholds, which vary based on family size and composition. If a family’s or individual’s total income is less than the family’s poverty threshold, then every member of that family, including children, is in poverty. The Census Bureau relies on two measure of poverty designed to work in tandem with, not replace, each other – the Official Poverty Measure (OPM) and the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
Years included: 2018-2022
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates B17001
Debt-to-income ratio (DTI) is a ratio of a household’s aggregate, or total, debt (excluding student loans) divided by aggregate annual income. Debt is money owed in exchange for loans or for goods or services purchased with credit.
Years included: 2021, 2022
Source: Federal Reserve System
Deep poverty, sometimes referred to as extreme poverty, occurs when an individual(s) is living in a household with a total cash income below 50% of its poverty threshold.
Years included: 2018-2022
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates B17024
Free and reduced-price lunches at school are provided to income-eligible families through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Years included: 2023 | Source: Indiana Department of Education via IYI Data Request
Research
Research
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2022). TANF Cash Assistance Should Reach Millions More Families to Lessen Hardship.
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2021). TANF policies reflect racist legacy of cash assistance.
Indiana Youth Institute Resource Guide
Indiana Youth Institute Data Brief
Source: Center for American Progress (2021). The basic facts about children in poverty.
Source: Foundation for Child Development (2017). Children’s Experience with Parental Employment Insecurity and Family Income Inequality.
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics (2016). Poverty and Child Health in the United States.