Mapping Digital Equity in Every State

The new Digital Equity Act Population Viewer will help meet the funding goals of the Digital Equity Act of 2021.

Exploring Census Data Made Easy

The new Census Survey Explorer provides a quick and comprehensive list of surveys by topic, geography and frequency.

Less Hunger in At-Risk Households During Pandemic Expansion of School Meals Program

Participation rates in free school lunch programs remain higher for lower income children even when program was expanded during the pandemic.

Census Data Tool Helps FEMA Better Understand Disaster Vulnerability

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) tool helps FEMA better understand “at-risk” populations during a natural disaster.

What Is the Gender Wage Gap in Your State?

A new Census Bureau interactive visualization shows the gender wage gap for selected occupations in the states and Puerto Rico.

Harder to Pay the Bills Now That Child Tax Credit Payments Have Ended

As Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments ended in December, more households with children reported struggling to cover household expenses.

Dim Job Outlook for People Released From Prison During Great Recession

People convicted of a felony or released from prison are less likely to find work than adults without high school degrees or similar criminal histories.

Gender Pay Gap Widens as Women Age

A U.S. Census Bureau tool, Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) Explorer, illustrates increases in the gender pay gap as women age.

Novice Data Users: Help Is on the Way

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Census Academy launches the 2022 Back to Data Basics Webinar Series this week to help less experienced data users navigate census data.

National Poverty in America Awareness Month: Measuring Poverty

The Census Bureau’s 2020 Supplemental Poverty Measure rate was 2.3 percentage points lower than the official poverty rate of 11.4%.

Who Makes More Preventable Visits to the ER?

Census Bureau Study Shows a Link Between Lack of Various Resources and Higher Number of Preventable Visits for Emergency Care.

Women More Likely Than Men to Have No Retirement Savings

Are your retirement savings related to the number of times you have been married or the number of partners with whom you have children?

Measuring Community Resilience Equitably

The Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates program releases dataset and tool that help decision makers understand their communities’ vulnerabilities.

What Happens When Older Adults Struggle to Make Ends Meet?

The packages of needs-based assistance that some older adults rely on may indicate difficulty affording health care, food, shelter and other necessities.

Nearly a Third of Parents Spent Child Tax Credit on School Expenses

Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey shows that many parents spent the first three Child Tax Credit advance payments on child care or school expenses.

New Census Tool Provides Child Poverty Rates in All School Districts

The 2019 SAIPE School District Profiles data visualization provides demographic and economic information on more than 13,000 U.S. school districts.

Understanding Equity Through Census Bureau Data

U.S. Census Bureau surveys and programs provide insight into social, economic and housing equity gaps in the United States.

Who Was Lifted Out of Poverty by Stimulus Payments?

Supplemental Poverty Measure shows that the first two rounds of stimulus payments during the pandemic helped pull 11.7 million people out of poverty in 2020.

Did Unemployment Insurance Lower Official Poverty Rates in 2020?

Expanded unemployment insurance benefits and eligibility during the pandemic lowered the overall poverty rate by 1.4 percentage points to 11.4% in 2020.

Uninsured Rates for Children in Poverty Increased 2018–2020

Changes in children’s health coverage varied by poverty status from 2018 to 2020.

Pandemic Earnings Decline but Increase for Full-Time, Yearly Workers

How could earnings for full-time, year-round workers go up while earnings fell for all workers? There were fewer low-wage full-time, year-round workers.

Private Health Coverage of Adults Drops From Early 2019 to Early 2021

In early 2020, a decline in the number of working-age adults with private health insurance was offset by an increase in public health insurance programs.

Children Experienced Episodic Poverty at Higher Rate Than Adults

A recent U.S. Census Bureau report explores episodic and chronic poverty rates among children, working-age adults and seniors from 2013-2016.

How the Pandemic Affected Black and White Households

Loss of income during the pandemic caused more hardship for Black adults than for White adults, even after accounting for differences in income and education.

Spanish-Language Survey Respondents Report Greater Pandemic Hardships

Even within groups such as Hispanics, the COVID pandemic has been experienced differently.

Most Kids Receiving SNAP Get at Least One Other Safety Net Benefit

Most children participating in SNAP receive benefits from multiple programs. Eligibility guidelines determine which programs cover children.

What's the Financial Condition of Homes Getting Government Benefits?

The Survey of Income Program Participation shows that many families that received government aid in 2017 lacked assets but had similar levels of unsecured debt.

How Much Do Businesses Spend on Innovation to Stay Competitive?

The Census Bureau’s Annual Capital Expenditures Survey shows how much businesses spent to innovate and stay competitive, including investment in robotics.

One in Seven Social Safety Net Recipients in 2017 Were College Grads

At least 3.7 million college graduates participated in social safety net programs in 2017.

Were American Homes Ready for the Pandemic?

Isolating when someone is infected with COVID-19 is challenging when 38% of U.S. multi-person households don’t have two bathrooms and enough bedrooms.

Who Had Medical Debt in the United States?

Detailed tables from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation provide a snapshot of households more likely to have medical debt in 2017.

Working From Home During the Pandemic

The U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey shows that those who increased frequency of telework had higher income and education and better health.

Many American Households Use Stimulus Payments to Pay Down Debt

Millions of Americans are poised to receive a third stimulus check, one of the benefits of the American Rescue Plan Act. Many have used stimulus to pay debt.

Unequally Essential: Women and Gender Pay Gap During COVID-19

On the eve of Equal Pay Day and as the nation recognizes Women’s History Month, Census Bureau data show women still face pay disparities across occupations.

Putting Economic Impact of Pandemic in Context

Historical data on unemployment and economic sectors show the magnitude of COVID-19’s economic impact.

Despite Unemployment Insurance, Many Households Struggle With Basics

The Household Pulse Survey shows that 31.2% of households that used unemployment insurance reported a very difficult time paying for usual household expenses.