County poverty rates decrease The Census Bureau recently
released the 2011 poverty estimates for every school district
and county in the nation. Data for Bureau County showed 17.1
percent of all children under 18 living in families in poverty.
That statistic is a decrease from last year, when almost 19
percent of children were living in poverty. The estimates,
produced for the U.S. Department of Education and part of the
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program, provide income
and poverty information for each of the nation’s 3,140 counties
and the nearly 14,000 school districts that qualify for federal
Title I funding, which is aimed at improving the academic
achievement of disadvantaged students. SAIPE combines the latest
data from the American Community Survey with aggregate data from
federal tax filings, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
participation, statistics from the 2000 and 2010 censuses and
annual population estimates. The report estimates that 3,653
residents of all ages in Bureau C