Using data collected by the Survey of Income and Program Participation, this table package presents income and earnings estimates at the individual, family and household level for the fourth quarter (October, November and December) of 2011. Also, quarterly estimates by selected demographic characteristics, such as gender, race/ethnicity, age, marital status ...

The percentage of U.S. households holding some form of debt declined from 74 percent to 69 percent between 2000 and 2011, according to new statistics released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. At the same time, the median amount of household debt increased over this period from $50,971 to $70,000 ...

Using data collected by the Survey of Income and Program Participation, this table package presents income and earnings estimates at the individual, family and household level for the third quarter (July, August and September) of 2011. The tables also include quarterly estimates by selected demographic characteristics, such as gender, race/ethnicity, ...

Between 2007 and 2011, the school-age poverty rate (which covers children 5 to 17 living in families) showed a statistically significant increase in 832 counties, or 26 percent of all counties in the United States, according to data from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program released today ...

This set of tables gives annual 2010 income and earnings estimates at the national level broken down by selected demographic characteristics. This is the second release of annual income and earnings from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). Income and earnings estimates are provided by gender, age, ...

Topics Include Local Estimates on Income, Poverty, Health Insurance and More The U.S. Census Bureau today released findings from the 2011 American Community Survey. The survey provides a wide range of important statistics about our nation's people, housing and economy for all communities in the country. The results are used ...

The median household income in New York was $49,461 in 2011, compared with the national figure of $50,502, according to statistics released today from the 2011 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, 14.6 percent of people in New York did not have health insurance coverage, compared ...

The median household income in Los Angeles was $46,148 in 2011, compared with the national figure of $50,502, according to statistics released today from the 2011 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, 25.9 percent of people in Los Angeles did not have health insurance coverage, compared ...

The median household income in Chicago was $43,628 in 2011, compared with the national figure of $50,502, according to statistics released today from the 2011 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, 20.4 percent of people in Chicago did not have health insurance coverage, compared with 15.1 ...

The median household income in Houston was $42,877 in 2011, compared with the national figure of $50,502, according to statistics released today from the 2011 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. In addition, 28.9 percent of people in Houston did not have health insurance coverage, compared with 15.1 ...

In 2011, median household income declined, the poverty rate was not statistically different from the previous year and the percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased. Find out more on Friday, Sept. 14, at approximately 8 a.m. EDT as David S. Johnson, chief of the Social, Economic and Housing ...

Correction to Table A: The percent change in real median income for "not a citizen" was originally incorrectly stated as a negative number. The correct percentage is 0.9. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2011, median household income declined, the poverty rate was not statistically different from the ...

Corrección a la Tabla A: El cambio porcentual en la mediana real de ingreso para los "no ciudadanos" fue indicada erróneamente como un número negativo. El porcentaje correcto es 0.9. La Oficina del Censo de los EE.UU. anunció hoy que en el 2011, la mediana de ingreso de los hogares ...

What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold an audio news conference to announce the findings from its report: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011. This annual report contains the official national findings from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The Web conference will consist of a ...

The U.S. Census Bureau announced today the public release schedule for the official income, poverty and health insurance estimates for 2011 from the Current Population Survey (CPS), as well as estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS and CPS are surveys designed to capture socio-economic and housing data ...

Almost 45 million people, or 18.6 percent of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, participated in one or more major means-tested assistance programs each month in 2009. These statistics come from a new report that examines the participation and characteristics of people who received benefits from any of the major means-tested ...

U.S. median household net worth declined 35 percent between 2005 and 2010, from $102,844 to $66,740 (in 2010 constant dollars), according to a set of detailed tables released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. However, excluding home equity, median household net worth increased by 8 percent between 2009 and 2010, ...

This report presents measures of household income inequality for counties in the United States, based on data pooled from 5 years (2006 to 2010) of American Community Survey (ACS) data. For example, the data show that the more unequal counties were also more populous. Thirty-four percent of Americans lived in ...

     The participation rate for families with children in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), a federal welfare program, increased from 3.8 percent in 2006 to 4.8 percent in 2009, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report.      Based on the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the report, Comparing Program ...

     Between 2007 and 2010, the poverty rate for school-age children showed a statistically significant increase in about 20 percent of counties across the United States, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates for income and poverty in 2010 for every county and school district.      In all, 653 counties saw a significant ...