Leveraging Annual Survey and

Census Data
Catholic Charities USA
October 1, 2014
Census Introduction
Current Population Survey
(CPS)
vs.
American Community Survey
(ACS)
CPS vs. ACS
Current Population Survey
Official national poverty
estimates

Surveys 100,000 addresses in all
50 states and the District of
Columbia

Estimates available for nation,
region, and state levels

Surveys only the non-
institutionalized population

Only includes indicators for
income, poverty, and health
insurance coverage.

American Community Survey
Official local poverty
estimates

3 million addresses annually in
all 50 states, DC, and Puerto
Rico

Estimates available down to
the Census Block group level

Includes institutionalized
population

Includes additional indicators
on housing, origin, language,
and others.
2013 Data: Current Population
Survey
Official Poverty Rate decreased from 15.0 % to 14.5%
45.3 million people in poverty
Poverty rate for children decreased from 21.8% to 19.9%
Increase in the number of people working full time year
around.
Median household income was $51,939 , 8.0% lower than
2007
Poverty rate and the number in poverty for Hispanics fell.

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013

2013 Data: American Community
Survey
48.8 million people (15.8% ) below the poverty line
States: Alaska and New Hampshire (lowest), Mississippi
and New Mexico (highest)
Metropolitan Areas: St. Louis, MO-IL decrease in number
and ratio, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA saw an increase
in both the number and ratio.
42.5% of renters pay more than 35% of their income on
housing
37.7% of adults 25 and older have earned an Associates
degree or higher.
Poverty: 2012 and 2013


Census Fact Finder
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

CCUSA Annual Survey
Agencies!

Center for Applied
Research in the Apostolate

Acknowledgements

Key Findings
Key Findings
7,736,855
10,270,292
9,035,223
17,283,889
0
4,000,000
8,000,000
12,000,000
16,000,000
20,000,000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Unduplicated Clients Total Client Services
Service Trends
Key Findings
Total income: $4,477,635,715

Total Government,
63%
Investments, Social
Enterprise, and
Business, 2%
Total United Way,
2%
Other Unspecified,
5%
Total Community
Support, 11%
Diocesan and Church
Support, 3%
In-kind Revenue, 3%
Total Program
Service Fees, 11%
Key Findings
Total expenses: $4,324,997,532

Key Findings
76% increase in funding from the Veterans Administration

30% increase in services to veterans - from 60,792 served in
2012 to 79,010 in 2013
Key Findings
Paid Staff,
17%
Board
Members,
2%
Volunteers,
81%
Total Personnel: 344,612
Key Findings
9,640,567
Hunger client services
Agencies Sites Clients
Soup
Kitchens
37 124 765,750
Congregate
Dining
71 639 1,223,175
Food banks,
Pantries,
Cupboards
99 1,471 6,265,895
Other Food
Distribution
57 1,677 634,201
Key Findings
1,478,640 Family Economic Security Services
920,581 Health-Related Services
Key Findings
472,758 Housing-Related Services
Key Findings
78,000 individuals served
Natural Disasters
Black Forest Fire (Colorado)
NEMO (Midwest)
Man Made
Sandy Hook Elementary
Petroleum explosion in West Texas
Continued Support
Hurricane Sandy and Isaac
375,486 Immigration and Refugee Services
Key Findings
Adoption & Pregnancy Services
32,177 clients supported in
adoption searches, home studies,
and support groups

2,364 adoptions completed in 2013
- 1,500 from foster care
- 900 hard-to-place children

Supported more than 124,000 new
and expecting mothers

Abstinence education and
promotion programs reached
29,000 youth


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10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total Adoption Services Clients
CCUSA Network, 2008-2013
Adoption Services include placement, home-study, post-adoption services, adoption
search, support groups and other related services.

Source: 2008-2013 Catholic Charities USA Annual Surveys
Accessing the Annual Survey
http://cara.georgetown.edu/CARAResearch/CARAResearch.html
Public Materials
Scribd Collection
Public Materials
Help and Hope Report 2014
- Explains why not just what
- Puts network figures in a national
context with program examples and
spotlights
But first we must speak of mans rights. Man has the right to live. He has the
right to bodily integrity and to the means necessary for the proper development
of life, particularly food, clothing, shelter, medical care, rest, and, finally, the
necessary social services.
- Pacem In Terris, Encyclical of Pope Saint John XXIII
April 11, 1963
Congressional district fact
sheets for policymakers

State-level network data side-
by-side with Census indicators
across five pillars of the CCUSA
Poverty Campaign


Combining the Data
Coming later this
year as an
interactive web
tool!
Other Ways to Use Data
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Questions?

Feedback?
Julie Zorb
Manager, Policy and Research
jzorb@CatholicCharitiesUSA.org
(571) 814-4921

Shannon Scully
Policy and Research Analyst
sscully@CatholicCharitiesUSA.org
(703) 549-1390 ex. 314