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Statistics on children, youth and families in Louisiana from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Agenda for Children
Households with earnings below the "Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed" threshold in Louisiana
Households with earnings below the "Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed" threshold
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Why This Indicator Matters
The official poverty threshold is widely acknowledged to be an outdated measure of a family's needs. United Way has developed the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) measure as a way to calculate how many households in our community have earnings that are above the official poverty threshold, but below what it takes to meet basic needs in each of Louisiana's parishes. Where the federal poverty threshold is based on the cost of the national "thrifty" food diet multiplied by three, the ALICE threshold is developed using local data on the cost of household essentials, including food, health care, transportation, housing, and child care (when applicable).
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Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
Households in poverty
Number - number of households with income below the official poverty threshold.
Percent - number of households with income below the official poverty threshold per 100 households.
Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) households
Number - number of households with income above the official poverty threshold, but below the threshold for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE).
Percent - number of households with income above the official poverty threshold, but below the ALICE threshold per 100 households.
All households with income below the ALICE threshold
Number - total number of households with income below the threshold for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE), including households with income below the official poverty threshold.
Percent - total number of households with income below the threshold for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE), including households with income below the official poverty threshold per 100 households.
Number - number of households with income below the official poverty threshold.
Percent - number of households with income below the official poverty threshold per 100 households.
Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) households
Number - number of households with income above the official poverty threshold, but below the threshold for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE).
Percent - number of households with income above the official poverty threshold, but below the ALICE threshold per 100 households.
All households with income below the ALICE threshold
Number - total number of households with income below the threshold for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE), including households with income below the official poverty threshold.
Percent - total number of households with income below the threshold for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE), including households with income below the official poverty threshold per 100 households.
Data Source
United Way, United for ALICE Research Center.
Notes
Visit the United for ALICE Research Center for more information about how the ALICE measure was developed, and learn about ALICE survival budgets by family size, family members' ages, and parish.
Last Updated
December 2024