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Income, Poverty and Health Insurance and Supplemental Poverty Measure
Annual release of national-level income, poverty and health insurance coverage statistics. The reports will include statistics for calendar year 2021 and compare trends with previous years.
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Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, at 10 a.m. EDT
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Press Release
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2021
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that real median household income in 2021 was not statistically different than 2020.
Press Release
Ingresos, pobreza y cobertura de seguro médico en los Estados Unidos: 2021
La Oficina del Censo de los EE. UU. publica las estadísticas del 2021 sobre ingresos, pobreza y seguro médico.
Speaker Bios
David Waddington
Division Chief, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division. U.S. Census Bureau
Sharon Stern
Assistant Division Chief, Employment Characteristics, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Liana Fox
Assistant Division Chief, Economic Characteristics, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Michael C. Cook, Sr.
Senior Advisor, Office of the Director, U.S. Census Bureau
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America Counts
America Counts Story
Child Poverty Fell to Record Low 5.2% in 2021
In 2021, child poverty rates measured by Supplemental Poverty Measure were the lowest since 2009 for all race and Hispanic origin categories examined.
America Counts Story
Government Assistance Lifts 45.4 Million Out of Poverty in 2021
The 2021 U.S. official poverty rate of 11.6% was not statistically different from 2020 but the Supplemental Poverty Measure at 7.8% was lowest on record.
America Counts Story
2021 Income Inequality Increased for First Time Since 2011
U.S. Census Bureau’s income data released today show widening income inequality from 2020 to 2021.
America Counts Story
Uninsured Rate of U.S. Children Fell to 5.0% in 2021
A 1.2 percentage point increase in Medicaid and CHIP coverage drove drop in children’s uninsured rate between 2020 and 2021.
America Counts Story
Full-Time, Year-Round Workers More Likely to be Uninsured in 2021
The uninsured rate of those who worked less than full time, year-round dropped 1.2 percentage points from 2020 to 2021 as public coverage increased.
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