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"Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage: 2012"
Introduction
The U.S. Census Bureau held an audio news conference to announce the findings from its report: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2012. This annual report contains the official national findings from the Current Population Survey.
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News Releases
Press Release
"Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the US: 2012"
In 2012, real median household income and poverty rate were not statistically different, while percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased.
Press Release
"Ingreso, pobreza y cobertura de seguro m�dico en los EE. UU.: 2012"
La mediana real de ingreso de los hogares y la tasa de pobreza no fueron estadísticamente diferentes del año anterior.
Press Release
"Media Advisory � Census Bureau Announces Findings for Income, Poverty"
The Bureau will hold an audio news conference to announce findings from its report: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2012.
Press Release
"Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics and ACS Results"
Release schedule for national income, poverty and health insurance statistics for 2012 from the Current Population Survey, and local estimates from the ACS.
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Current Population Survey (CPS)
Data from the CPS are available from the following.
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Random Samplings Blog
Income and Poverty Rate Held Steady in 2012
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).
Random Samplings Blog
Medicare and Medicaid, Age and Income
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.
Random Samplings Blog
How the Census Bureau Measures Income and Poverty?
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.
Random Samplings Blog
How We Measure Health Insurance
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.
Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021
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