FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                   MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003

     
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              ***CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY***

      Census Bureau News Conference on Income and Poverty 

What:   The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a news conference to 
        release its annual reports on income and poverty in the United 
        States. The reports, Income in the United States: 2002 and Poverty 
        in the United States: 2002, are based on data collected in the 2003 
        Current Population Survey's annual social and economic supplement.
        Also being released is Supplemental Measures of Material 
        Well-Being: Expenditures, Consumption and Poverty 1998 and 2001.

When:   Friday, Sept. 26, at 10 a.m. EDT

Who:    Daniel Weinberg, chief of the Housing and Household 
        Economic Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau, will discuss the 
        findings.

Where:  U.S. Census Bureau  
        Suitland Federal Center
        Morris Hansen Auditorium
        4700 Silver Hill Rd.  
        Suitland, Md. 20746  
                                
How:    The Census Bureau will provide bus transportation for the 
        media from the National Press Club at 14th and F streets in 
        Washington to the Suitland Federal Center. The bus will depart 
        from the National Press Club at 9 a.m. on the day of the news 
        conference; it will leave the Census Bureau for the return trip, 
        following the conclusion of the news conference, at about 11:30 a.m. 
          
        Media who plan to attend the news conference should call
        (301) 763-3030 by 10 a.m. Sept. 25. 
                                
        Non-media who plan to attend, should call (301) 763-3183
        by 10 a.m. Sept. 25.

        Photo identification is required for admission to the Census Bureau.
        (A visa or passport and additional information is required of
        noncitizens.)
          
        Those who do not attend may listen to a live audio transmission
        of the news conference via a phone listen line on (888) 455-3614; 
        use passcode: CENSUS. Go to www.census.gov and look for the 
        income and poverty reports icon in the top left corner. Clicking 
        on the icon will take you to the news release, the reports and 
        other materials. This information will be available on the Census
        Bureau's Web site beginning at 10 a.m. on the day of the news 
        conference.

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        Editor's note: Selecting the "Income and Poverty News Conference" 
        link to the right of "Newsroom" on the Census Bureau's homepage at 
        www.census.gov, you will find a note to correspondents (discussing 
        modifications to this year's income and poverty reports) and 
        directions to the Census Bureau. Additional links will be activated 
        on Friday, Sept. 26.