Description: USDA Rural Development ERS Persistent Poverty Counties includes 1990, 2000, and 2007-11 5 Year American Community Survey datasets from the US Census Bureau. They are measuring poverty based on the wording of the H.R.1865.FY2020 Appropriations document. The definition may be found in the section: H.R.1865—118 SEC. 740. They are omitting the 1980 Decennial Census dataset
Copyright Text: Kasey Martin, Innovation Center, Rural Development, USDA