[EQ] Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009

Census Bureau Releases Report – September 2010:

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009

DeNavas-Walt, Carmen, Bernadette D. Proctor, and Jessica C. Smith

U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-238

U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2010.

Available online PDF [88p.] at http://bit.ly/bv3dOx

           

“…..This report presents data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2010 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Summary of findings:

• The median household income in 2009 was not statistically different from the 2008 median in real terms.1

• The poverty rate increased between 2008 and 2009.

• The uninsured rate and number of people without health insurance increased between 2008 and 2009.

  These results were not uniform across  groups. ….”

Reports and Data Tables

 

·         News Release | Spanish

·         Current Population Survey (CPS):
      Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 [PDF]
      Income data
      Poverty data
      Health Insurance data

Presentations

·         Stan Rolark (Introduction)   Biography

·         David Johnson (Data presentation)
       Remarks [doc] | Slides [pdf] | Slides with Plot Points [pdf]

Fact Sheets

·         Income and Poverty Fact Sheet [PDF]

·         Health Insurance Fact Sheet [PDF]

Other

·         Census Bureau Blog Entry: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance

 

 

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