Poverty-Related Data and Resources on IECAM

Our interactive data tool provides a variety of early childhood data in maps and charts. There you can find monthly enrollment data on the number of children participating in select early childhood programs. It also has eligibility estimates for CCAP and Head Start as well as demographic estimates for population, poverty status, and race/ethnicity.

Interactive map and downloadable data in spreadsheets and maps for children age 5 and under by federal poverty level (50%, 100%, 130%, 185%, 200%, and 400%) and geographic area for single years.

Search the IECAM database for data on family employment conditions for children age 5 and under. Choose "Children in Working Families" under the "Demographics" tab and then select a geographic area and year.

Unemployment rate in spreadsheets, charts, and maps for annual average unemployment rates and numbers in labor force, by state and county.

This map can help advocates, policy makers, and others find areas of high and low incomes by census tract across Illinois.

Income is the gauge many use to determine the well-being of the U.S. population. Survey and census questions cover poverty, income, and wealth.

View and download 2021 state and county estimates for Small Area Income and Poverty estimates.

Data tools in three early childhood focused domains: Family Stability (including poverty indicators), Health, and Early Care and Education.

Heartland Alliance’s report on Illinois poverty for 2020.

Report from Center for American Progress, 2021

Policy brief about student poverty measures.