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"American Community Survey Statistics Give Communities Detailed Look at Income, Poverty, Health Insurance and Many other Statistics"
September 19, 2013
The ACS provides information for geographies with populations of 65,000 or more on topics, including income, poverty and health insurance.
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Income and Poverty Rate Held Steady in 2012
September 17, 2013
Between 2011 and 2012 in the United States, neither real median income nor the poverty rate changed. For the previous four years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) either poverty increased (2008, 2009, 2010) or median household income decreased (2008, 2010, 2011).
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"Medicare and Medicaid, Age and Income"
September 17, 2013
Today, the Census Bureau released new statistics on the percentages of people receiving health insurance coverage. The report shows that 15.7 percent of people were covered by Medicare and 16.4 percent by Medicaid last year.
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How the Census Bureau Measures Income and Poverty
September 11, 2013
Income, poverty and health insurance statistics for 2012 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) will be released Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. One-year statistics from the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) will be released on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013.
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How We Measure Health Insurance
September 11, 2013
Next week, the Census Bureau is releasing two sources for health insurance statistics in the United States: the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS ASEC) and the American Community Survey (ACS). While both surveys have questions that attempt to measure the same phenomena, they go about it in different ways.
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Who is a STEM Worker?
September 09, 2013
Did you know that the most common science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupation is software developer? More than 80 percent of STEM workers today are employed in computer occupations or engineering.
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Measuring the Foreign-Born Population and Immigration
September 05, 2013
Census Bureau statistics can be used to answer many questions about the foreign-born population in the United States.
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Hispanic College Enrollment Surges in 2012
September 03, 2013
Experts from the Census Bureau describe the objectives of their work and explain census and survey results. The bureau conducts more than 100 surveys each year.
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