Hello, I was expecting to be able to get to the county level using the 5Yr PUMS data, but found it is still only by PUMAs. Yes, I can convert the PUMAs to counties, but some counties are too small and are grouped. The tables don't work for me as I need a different poverty level than just "Below Poverty Level"
I'm looking to get poverty levels of 165% FPL, 185%FPL, and 200% FPL by race and a few other variables
Any ideas?
Glenn is correct. NHGIS and Social Explorer redistribute the published ACS Detailed Tables (i.e., Summary File) data. I don't know of published ACS tables that cross-tabulate poverty ratio by race. In…
Jonathan Schroeder said:this approach makes the assumption that there is no variation in poverty/race correspondences among counties within a PUMA.
Right, this is a very simple method for estimation. I…
Use allocation factors for estimates. If a small county's population comprises (e.g.) 30% of the containing PUMA's population, multiply the PUMA's characteristic of interest by 0.3 to get a county estimate.