Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Census Bureau Estimation Procedure -- 3 Alternative County Models -- 4 Evaluations -- 5 Recommendation for Title I Allocations for the 1998-1999 School Year -- 6 Future Research and Development for County Estimates -- APPENDIX A Models for County and State Poverty Estimates -- APPENDIX B Population Estimates -- APPENDIX C Regression Diagnostics on Alternative County Regression Models -- APPENDIX D County Model Comparisons with 1990 Census Estimates -- References -- Biographical Sketches, Panel Members and Staff.