News release: “The Census Bureau has released alternative income and poverty estimates covering calendar year 2009, including breakdowns by age, sex and race. These estimates do not revise or replace the official 2009 income and poverty estimates released Sept. 16, 2010. The official estimate of the national poverty rate remains at 14.3 percent. The Census… Continue Reading
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AARP: Impact of Modernizing the American Poverty Measure on the Poverty Status of Older Persons
“The current official poverty rate does not provide adequate information about who is poor or whether key programs are helping to make progress against poverty. According to a new PPI Fact Sheet, Impact of Modernizing the American Poverty Measure on the Poverty Status of Older Persons, by Ke Bin Wu of the AARP Public Policy… Continue Reading
CRS Report – Poverty in the United States: 2009
Poverty in the United States: 2009 – Thomas Gabe, Specialist in Social Policy, September 20, 2010 “In 2009, 43.6 million people were counted as poor in the United Statesan increase of 3.7 million persons from 2010, and the largest number of persons counted as poor in the measures 50-year recorded history. The poverty rate, or… Continue Reading
America's Poor – A Regional Look at Poverty in America
“Mint, the personal finance site, put together this chart of regional poverty in America based on statistics recently released by the Census Bureau. In 2009, poverty among Americans reached its highest level in 51 years. The states hardest hit include Louisiana, Mississippi and District of Columbia. States with the lowest poverty statistics include, Wyoming, Hawaii,… Continue Reading
American Community Survey Briefs: Poverty, Household Income for states, health insurance coverage, food stamps
“ACS Briefs – With each new release of ACS data, the Census Bureau develops several “Briefs” that present new findings on important topics. The first round of Briefs developed from the 2009 data is listed below. Additional Briefs will be released later this year. Poverty: 2008 and 2009 Household Income for States: 2008 and 2009… Continue Reading
U.S. Income and Poverty in 2009
Follow up to Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009, this WSJ interactive graphic: Poverty Rate Living in Poverty | Income by Gender | Income Disparity | Income by Race | Income by Region Continue Reading
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009
News release, includes data: “The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that real median household income in the United States in 2009 was $49,777, not statistically different from the 2008 median. The nation’s official poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 percent, up from 13.2 percent in 2008 the second statistically significant annual increase in the… Continue Reading
Report: Current Standard Fails to Accurately Assess Poverty
News release: “A new study released today from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) proposes a new framework for measuring poverty and basic economic security in the United States….The report, A Modern Framework for measuring poverty and basic Economic Security, details how the dominant framework for defining poverty has been defined down over… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Releases 2008 Income and Poverty Estimates for All School Districts and Counties
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2008 income and poverty estimates for every school district and county in the nation. These data, part of the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, currently represent the only source of Census Bureau income and poverty data for each of the nations 3,142 counties and… Continue Reading
CRS Report – Poverty in the United States: 2008
Poverty in the United States: 2008, Thomas Gabe, Specialist in Social Policy, October 6, 2009 “In 2008, 39.8 million people were counted as poor in the United Statesan increase of 2.6 million persons from 2007, and nearly the largest number of persons counted as poor since 1960. The poverty rate, or percent of the population… Continue Reading
Poverty Expert Says Nearly Half of U.S. Children Will Use Food stamps
“49 percent of all U.S. children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood,” says Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., poverty expert at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. “Food stamp use is a clear sign of poverty and food insecurity,… Continue Reading
Recent CRS Reports: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2008, Afghanistan, Air Force C-17, Cybersecurity
October 02, 2009 – Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2008 October 01, 2009 – Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance October 01, 2009 – Air Force C-17 Aircraft Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress September 30, 2009 – Guinea’s 2008 Military Coup and Relations with the United States September 30, 2009 – Cybersecurity:… Continue Reading
