Poverty is a phenomenon that always occurs in every country especially in the
developing country such as Indonesia. Poverty is defined as a condition where someone has not
capability to fulfill their basic needs (food and non food). The difference of geographic condition
and the unequal of demography always become some problems in the geographic targeting of the
poor in the poverty reduction program. One of method that is accurately effective and sensitive
with poverty in the small area is Small Area Estimation method by Elbers et al. It is known as
Elbers, Lanjouw, Lanjouw method (ELL method). The objective of this method is to map the
incidence of poverty in every county or city using the steps in ELL method. In this study, we use
Central Java as our case study. The results of this study are the model consumption of Central
Java, poverty indicators for each city in Central Java and the poverty maps so that can give
information and facilitate the government for making priority in poverty reduction programs.
Keywords: Poverty map, ELL Metho
