INCOME
Income is a measure of the amount of money earned by members of the workforce in a given household. A household’s income determines the economic capacity of that household, which establishes how much the household can afford to spend on necessities, housing, transportation, and commercial goods. As such, measures of income provide an important picture of the overall health of a region’s economy and the households within it.
Poverty & Child Poverty
Child poverty illustrates the percentage of children under the age of 18 living in poverty.
Median Household Income
The median household income illustrates the mid-point of all incomes in the area with half of incomes below and half above this number.
FITAP/TANF
The Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Block Grant (TANF) provides federal funding to states for the design and execution of state-level programs that provide cash assistance to families.