Data and Definitions Supplement: 2009 Report on Illinois & Chicago Region Poverty

This supplement to the 2009 Report on Illinois Poverty and the Report on Chicago Region Poverty contains: the county well-being index, which provides a standard for localities to use as they monitor their county's progress on poverty issues; local data for each county and congressional district in the state relating to income, poverty, employment, housing, health, and education; and definitions and data notes, explaining terms and data sources used throughout the reports, including a more detailed explanation of poverty.