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Local SDG Indicators for US Cities
and Communities
David B. Abraham
11.1 Local SDG Goals and Indicators for the USA
D. B. Abraham (*)
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
e-mail: DAbraham@Rice.edu
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Sustainable Development Goal indicators should be disaggregated, where relevant, by income, sex, age, race,
ethnicity, migratory status, disability and geographic location, or other characteristics, in accordance with the
Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (General Assembly resolution 68/261).
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goals and targets (from the 2030 Agenda)
Adapted US local indicators – city or smaller
geographies
1.1
By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people
everywhere, currently measured as families living on less
than 30% of median family income for the metro area.
1.1.1
Proportion of population below the US Extreme Low
Income line, by sex, age, employment status and
geographical location (urban/rural)
1.2
By 2030, reduce at least by half (2015 Baseline) the
proportion of men, women and children of all ages living
in poverty in all its dimensions according to national
definitions measured from 2015.
1.2.1
Proportion of population living below the national
poverty line, by sex and age
1.2.2
Proportion of men, women and children of all ages
living in poverty in all its dimensions according to
national definitions
1.3
Implement nationally appropriate social protection
systems and measures for all, including floors, and by
2030 achieve 50% coverage of the poor and the
vulnerable, identified without coverage in 2015.
1.3.1
Proportion of population covered by social protection
floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children,
unemployed persons, older persons, persons with
disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury
victims and the poor and the vulnerable
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
D. B. Abraham, S. D. Iyer (eds.), Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in North American
Cities, Sustainable Development Goals Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59173-1_11
Local SDG Indicators for US Cities
and Communities
David B. Abraham
11.1 Local SDG Goals and Indicators for the USA
D. B. Abraham (*)
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
e-mail: DAbraham@Rice.edu
11
Sustainable Development Goal indicators should be disaggregated, where relevant, by income, sex, age, race,
ethnicity, migratory status, disability and geographic location, or other characteristics, in accordance with the
Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (General Assembly resolution 68/261).
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goals and targets (from the 2030 Agenda)
Adapted US local indicators – city or smaller
geographies
1.1
By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people
everywhere, currently measured as families living on less
than 30% of median family income for the metro area.
1.1.1
Proportion of population below the US Extreme Low
Income line, by sex, age, employment status and
geographical location (urban/rural)
1.2
By 2030, reduce at least by half (2015 Baseline) the
proportion of men, women and children of all ages living
in poverty in all its dimensions according to national
definitions measured from 2015.
1.2.1
Proportion of population living below the national
poverty line, by sex and age
1.2.2
Proportion of men, women and children of all ages
living in poverty in all its dimensions according to
national definitions
1.3
Implement nationally appropriate social protection
systems and measures for all, including floors, and by
2030 achieve 50% coverage of the poor and the
vulnerable, identified without coverage in 2015.
1.3.1
Proportion of population covered by social protection
floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children,
unemployed persons, older persons, persons with
disabilities, pregnant women, newborns, work-injury
victims and the poor and the vulnerable