Dear Scott-- Poverty has already been calculated and in included on several CTPP tables. For PERSONS, at the RESIDENCE geography, CTPP2000 includes Table 1-059 Poverty status by Disability Status by Minority Status by Age. The universe is off "persons age 5 and over for whom poverty status has been determined." "Poverty" is a derived variable based on household size, income, and # of children under age 18, and age (65+ or not). http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/povdef.html If you want to define poverty differently than the CB has done, you would have to use the Census PUMS (microdata) file, and be limited to PUMA geography. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 -----Original Message----- From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net]On Behalf Of Scott Ferry Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 8:49 AM To: CTPP News List Serve Subject: [CTPP] Calculating Poverty Rate for all persons at residence Hello, Could someone please guide me through the process of determining the poverty rate for all persons at residence using the CTPP 2000 data? Specifically, I need to know the tables and fields that need to be used. Many thanks, Scott Ferry Transportation Planner Regional Intergovernmental Council 315 D Street South Charleston, WV 25303