Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics Press Kit

September 09, 2025

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. 9 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 [3.7 MB]

*Please note - slides 30 and 32 from this deck were updated at 12:40 p.m. EDT on 9/9/25.
Transcript [<1.0 MB]

News Release

Speaker Bios

David Waddington

Division Chief, 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
Sharon Stern

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

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

Subject Matter Expert Bios

Christina Bijou

Survey Statistician, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Lisa Bunch

Survey Statistician, Health and Disability Statistics Branch, 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
Brian Glassman

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

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

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

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

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

Survey Statistician, Income Statistics Branch, 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