This indicator reports the percentage households receiving public assistance income. Public assistance income includes general assistance and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Separate payments received for hospital or other medical care (vendor payments) are excluded. This does not include Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or noncash benefits such as Food Stamps. Source US Census Bureau,…
Net farm income (total sales, government payments, and other farm-related income minus total farm expenses) reflects the strength of the local agricultural community and can be an important measure for lenders and policy makers. Source US Department of Agriculture, Census of Agriculture, 2022. Source Description The Census of Agriculture is the leading source of facts…
Non-farm proprietors’ income represents the portion of the total income earned from current production that is accounted for by unincorporated non-farm businesses in the United States. Data are from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). According to the BEA, the measure is a particularly useful analytical indicator of the health…
This indicator reports median family income based on the latest 5-year American Community Survey estimates. A family household is any housing unit in which the householder is living with one or more individuals related to him or her by birth, marriage, or adoption. Family income includes the incomes of all family members age 15 and…
This indicator reports Atkinson’s measure of income disparity. This value is used to measure income inequality, and to determine which end of the income distribution contributes most to the observed inequality. Atkinson’s measure of income disparity is a fraction between 0 and 1, where 0 represents a state of equal income distribution. Source 2007-11. Methodology…
This indicator reports income inequality using the Gini coefficient. Gini index values range between zero and one. A value of one indicates perfect inequality where only one household has any income. A value of zero indicates perfect equality, where all households have equal income. Note: Index values are acquired from the 2019-23 American Community Survey…