1. Poverty In Minnesota Testimony to Legislative Commission To End Poverty In Minnesota By 2020 Tom Gillaspy, State Demographer October 3, 2007

2. Poverty Rates From Two Surveys Change Little From 2005 To 2006 Current Population Survey American Community Survey USMnUSMn 200512.6%8.1%13.3%9.2% 200612.3%8.2%13.3%9.8% Changes are not statistically significant at 90% confidence level

3. Addition Of Group Quarters Population Affects Poverty Estimates American Community Survey Population Base ACS Below Poverty CPS Below Poverty Household Population 5,025,400464,200422,000 Group Quarter Poverty Measured 27,30017,000__ GQ Poverty Not Measured 49,500__ Institutional 64,900__ 2006 CPS and ACS

4. Group Quarters And Poverty Measurement People living in these settings are included in the poverty measure  Emergency & homeless shelters & transient quarters  Group homes with 10 or more residents  Work dorms, Job Corps and other vocational dorm settings  Religious communities  Military staff quarters  Rooming and boarding houses  Facilities for victims of natural disaster People living in these are not included in the poverty measure  Institutions—prisons, nursing homes, etc  College dorms  Military barracks  Unrelated children under age 15 in shelters

5. Minnesota Poverty Rate Is Typically Lower Than The Nation CPS poverty rate

6. Highest & Lowest Poverty Rate States 2006 Minnesota Statistically Tied With Six Other States 1.Mississippi 21.1% 2.D. C. 19.6% 3.Louisiana 19.0% 4.New Mexico 18.5% 5.West Virginia 17.3% 6.Arkansas 17.3% 7.Kentucky 17.0% 8.Oklahoma 17.0% 7.8% 1.Maryland 7.8% 8.0% 2.New Hampshire 8.0% 8.3% 3.Connecticut 8.3% 8.7% 4.New Jersey 8.7% 5.Hawaii 9.3% 6.Wyoming 9.4% 7.Virginia 9.6% 9.8% 8.MINNESOTA 9.8% 2006 ACS

7. Numbers of Poor & Near Poor Have Changed Little Since 1990 1990 & 2000 Census & 2005 & 2006 ACS

8. While Some Nominal Differences In Poverty Rates Appear, Changes Are Not Statistically Significant After Accounting For Population Base 2006 ACS. Changes between 2005 and 2006 excluding group quarters population are not statistically Significant at the 90% confidence level

9. High Poverty For Children & Young Adults Rises Again Over Age 75 2005-2006 Change Not Statistically Significant 2006 ACS. Changes 2005 to 2006 are not statistically significant at 90% confidence level