Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics

September 10, 2024

DATA USER NOTE:

On July 17, 2026, the Bureau of Labor Statistics re-released SPM thresholds for 2019-2024 following the discovery of coding errors. The U.S. Census Bureau will publish revised SPM poverty rates using these updated thresholds prior to the release of the annual poverty report in September. Refer to BLS statement and Census statement for more information.

Online News Conference

Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. EDT

The U.S. Census Bureau held an online news conference to announce the findings of three reports estimating income, poverty and health insurance coverage in the United States.

Presentation

News Release

Speaker Bios

David Waddington

Division Chief, 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

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

Chief, Media Relations Branch, Public Information Office, U.S. Census Bureau

Subject Matter Expert Bios

John Creamer

Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) Team Lead, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

John Creamer

Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) Team Lead, Economic Characteristics Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Katherine Keisler-Starkey

Economist Health and Disability Statistics Branch Economic Characteristics Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Brian Glassman

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

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

Survey Statistician, Poverty Statistics Branch, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Gloria Guzman

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

Reports

Tables

America Counts

Graphics

Note: The "Measuring the Nation's Social and Economic Well-Being" graphic was updated to reflect the following changes:

The Median household income for 2022 was updated from $77,400 to $77,540.
The Percentage of people in poverty was updated in 2022 from 11.6% to 11.5%.