Consumer Price Index (Inflation Data) - www.bls.gov/
Source: US Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Inflation Calculator- www.minneapolisfed.org
Source: The Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Poverty Guidelines - http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/poverty.htm
Used to determine eligibility for assistance to low income families.
Source: US Department of Health and Human Services.
2006 Patterns of Household Expenditures(pdf)
Average expenditures by families at three income levels
Source: US Dept of Labor's Consumer Expenditure Survey - www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm
Expenditures on Children by Families - http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/ExpendituresonChildrenbyFamilies.htm
Average expenditures on children, birth to 17 years.
Source: US Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Cost of Food at Home - http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/USDAFoodPlansCostofFood.htm
Average expenditures on food at four economic levels.
Source: US Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Iowa State University Office of Social and Economic Trends - www.seta.iastate.edu
State of Iowa Data Center - www.iowadatacenter.org/data
Provides poverty and demographic data for cities and incorporated places
Iowa Data for Decision Makers -
www.seta.iastate.edu/population/publications/DD/
Iowa Poverty and Food Needs -
www.extension.iastate.edu/hunger/existingdata.htm