Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.: 2020

Median household income in 2020 decreased 2.9% between 2019 and 2020, and the official poverty rate increased 1.0 percentage point.

Ingresos, pobreza y cobertura de seguro médico en EE. UU. en el 2020

La mediana de ingresos de hogares en el 2020 disminuyó un 2.9% entre el 2019 y el 2020, y la tasa oficial de pobreza aumentó un punto porcentual.

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.

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.

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.

Uninsured Rates for Children in Poverty Increased 2018–2020

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

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.

Transitions in Health Insurance Coverage: A Look Inside Annual Health Coverage Statistics

As a result of a redesign in 2014, the CPS ASEC questionnaire includes questions that probe whether respondents had continuous coverage.

How Did the Pandemic Affect Survey Response

This blog discusses whether response rates have rebounded to prepandemic levels and the extent of nonresponse bias in 2021.

David Waddington

Division Chief of the Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Michael C. Cook, Sr.

Chief, Public Information Office, U.S. Census Bureau

Trudi J. Renwick

Assistant Division Chief, Economic Characteristics, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Sharon Stern

Assistant Division Chief, Employment Characteristics Branch, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Liana Fox

Chief, Poverty Statistics Branch, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Charles Hokayem

Chief, Income Statistics Branch, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Laryssa Mykyta

Chief, Health and Disability Statistics Branch, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Adriana Hernandez-Viver

Survey Statistician, Health and Disability Statistics, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau