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Browse Current Population publications and working papers, and infographics.
2025
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PublicationWomen’s Living Arrangements at First Birth From 1990 to 2024This research brief describes women’s living arrangements at first birth from 1990 to 2024 and shows differences by women’s education, race, and ethnicity.
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Working PaperTime to Complete a Decomposed vs. a Condensed Survey QuestionComparison of the timing to complete a condensed versus a decomposed survey question.
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Working PaperPrivacy and Survey Response: Evidence from Broadband InternetWe provide new evidence on privacy and confidentiality concerns as a possible cause for declining response rates.
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America Counts StoryChildlessness on the Rise — Except for Women Ages 45 to 50From 2014 to 2024, the share of older mothers rose as fewer teens and women in their 20s and 30s had children.
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InfographicSupplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)The 2024 poverty rate was 10.6%, a decrease from the 2023 estimate.
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InfographicMedian Household IncomeIncome not statistically different from 2023 estimate.
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InfographicOfficial Poverty MeasurePoverty rate decreased from 2023 estimate.
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InfographicHealth Insurance CoverageThe 2024 uninsured rate was 8.0%, not statistically different from 2023 estimate.
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InfographicMeasuring the Nation's Social and Economic Well-BeingView a snapshot of the difference in the nation's social and economic well-being from 2023 to 2024.
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VisualizationIncome in the United States: 2024This report presents data on income, earnings, & income inequality in the United States based on information collected in the 2025 and earlier CPS ASEC.
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VisualizationPoverty in the United States: 2024This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2024 and earlier CPS ASEC.
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PublicationPoverty in the United States: 2024This report presents data on poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2025 and earlier CPS ASEC.
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PublicationHealth Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2024This report presents data on health insurance coverage in the United States in 2024 based on information collected in the 2025 CPS ASEC.
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America Counts StoryHealth Insurance Coverage Varied Significantly by OccupationIn 2024, farming, fishing and forestry occupations had among the highest uninsured rates among workers ages 19 to 64.
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America Counts StorySupplemental Poverty Rate Below Official Rate in Only 10 StatesAnnual national SPM rates ranged from 12.4% to 12.9% and official poverty rates ranged from 10.6% to 11.5% between 2022 and 2024.
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PublicationIncome in the United States: 2024This report presents data on income, earnings, & income inequality in the United States based on information collected in the 2025 and earlier CPS ASEC.
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America Counts StoryHow Education Impacted Income and Earnings From 2004 to 2024U.S. median inflation-adjusted income for householders age 25 and over rose 18% from 2004 to 2024 but income gains varied widely by education levels.
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America Counts StoryU.S. Tax System Reduces Income Inequality But Gaps RemainHousehold incomes were more equal after accounting for taxes and credits but both pretax and post-tax income inequality rose between 2009 and 2024.
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America Counts StoryNo Significant Change in Estimated U.S. Median Household IncomeCompared to pre-pandemic estimates from 2019, only Hispanic households experienced a significant increase in median household income in 2024.
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Fact SheetIncome, Poverty and Health Insurance CoverageExplore the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) income, poverty, and health insurance coverage data.
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PublicationCustodial Parents and Their Child Support: 2022This report provides an overview of the social and economic characteristics of custodial parents and their children.
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America Counts StoryMost Young Adults Had Not Reached Key Milestones of Adulthood in 2024Less than 25% of 25- to 34-year-olds lived outside their parental home, worked, were married and had kids in 2024, down from almost half in 1975.
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VideoDATA GEM: Using SAIPE Data for Grant ApplicationsLearn how to access up-to-date poverty and income statistics for states, counties, and school districts.
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Working PaperA Question Template for Non-Methodologists when RedesigningThis paper describes a question template used for a large redesign to capture goals in cognitive testing.
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Working PaperEnhancing Web Survey Data Quality While Minimizing BurdenThis experiment tested three approaches for reporting discrete values for mortgage, rent, utilities, and the down payment for home purchases.
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Working PaperCognitive Testing for an Internet Self-Response Mode of the CPS
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Working PaperTesting a Series of Categorical Earned Income Questions
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Working PaperRe-Evaluating Medicaid Reporting in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement: Evidence from Linked Enrollment RecordsThis paper examines record linkage between the 2017 CPS ASEC and Medicaid enrollment records.
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Working PaperDo Shortcut Checkboxes Help or Hurt in Web Surveys?Tested respondents’ receptivity to a checkbox that indicated an “all year” response to a question asking how many paychecks were received during the year.
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VisualizationHigh School Attainment Among Younger Black PopulationEducational attainment by age for the black alone and total populations in 2022 (in percent).
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