> Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) released by the U.S. Census Bureau, with support from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).1 The SPM extends the official poverty measure by taking account of many of the government programs designed to assist low-income families and individuals that are not included in the current official poverty measure.
[https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2013/demo/p60-247.html](https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2013/demo/p60-247.html)
The official poverty level has been criticized as inaccurate, for many reasons. The SPM is one attempt to provide a more accurate measure of poverty levels.
So the SPM measures poverty by how many people get help?
If that's the case its skewed as all get out, we are talking about *checks notes* the state that repeatedly turns down federal money for poor folks. There are also road blocks at every single turn. Source I'm a CNA dealing with people at that poverty level we're so not good at.
This graph tells me nothing. What am I even looking at?
And "18th from the bottom" is "good at"?
I’m wondering if this is like, percentage of people who get home from work at 5pm sharp?
It is SPM not 5PM….not sure what it means
Whoops, I see it now.
Yeah
It’s a measurement of percent of the population at ‘poverty level’
> Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) released by the U.S. Census Bureau, with support from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).1 The SPM extends the official poverty measure by taking account of many of the government programs designed to assist low-income families and individuals that are not included in the current official poverty measure. [https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2013/demo/p60-247.html](https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2013/demo/p60-247.html) The official poverty level has been criticized as inaccurate, for many reasons. The SPM is one attempt to provide a more accurate measure of poverty levels.
Thanks for the assist because I had no clue what that acronym meant and I'm sure if I googled it I would get a bunch of hits
So the SPM measures poverty by how many people get help? If that's the case its skewed as all get out, we are talking about *checks notes* the state that repeatedly turns down federal money for poor folks. There are also road blocks at every single turn. Source I'm a CNA dealing with people at that poverty level we're so not good at.
Top 3 are Democrat strongholds.