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Browse Current Population publications and working papers, and infographics.
Publication
An Analysis of the 2018 Congressional Election
This report summarizes the characteristics of those who voted and registered in the November 2018 election and in congressional elections since 1978.
Visualization
Living Arrangements Over the Decades
Percentage of adults age 18 and older.
America Counts Story
Pre-COVID Early Childhood Enrollment Grew, More in Public Preschools
Before COVID-19, preschool enrollment was increasing as state funding of early education programs grew and the federal government is now proposing universal
Working Paper
Cognitive Testing Results for the CPS Food Security Supplement
Testing on how participants interpreted new questions and modifications to existing questions about food insecurity and food purchases.
America Counts Story
Measuring Impact of Child Care Subsidies on Working Moms
Census Bureau study shows receipt of child care subsidies may keep working married mothers in the labor force and lowers wage gap between spouses.
America Counts Story
Zillow and Census Bureau Data Show Pandemic’s Impact on Housing Market
The housing market stalled in spring 2020 but rebounded by summer.
Visualization
Rate of College Graduates Continues to Rise for Hispanic Population
20.8% Hispanics age 25 and over 2020
America Counts Story
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.
Publication
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2020
This report presents data on health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2021 CPS ASEC.
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Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020
This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2021 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Visualization
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020
This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2020 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Visualization
Measuring the Nation’s Social and Economic Well-Being
Median household income (in 2020 inflation-adjusted dollars)
America Counts Story
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.
America Counts Story
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.
Visualization
Social Media Graphic: Health Insurance Coverage
26.1 million people were uninsured in 2020.
Visualization
Social Media Graphic: Median Household Income
Income increased 6.8 percent between 2020 and 2021.
Visualization
Social Media Graphic: Official Poverty Measure
Poverty rate went down between 2019 and 2020.
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Social Media Graphic: Supplemental Poverty Measure
Supplemental poverty rate declined between 2019 and 2020.
Publication
The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020
This report describes research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
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The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020
This report describes research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
America Counts Story
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.
America Counts Story
Uninsured Rates for Children in Poverty Increased 2018–2020
Changes in children’s health coverage varied by poverty status from 2018 to 2020.
America Counts Story
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.
America Counts Story
Record High Turnout in 2020 General Election
Despite concerns that voter turnout would be lower during the pandemic, the 2020 election had the century’s highest turnout.
America Counts Story
What Methods Did People Use to Vote in the 2020 Election?
New data from the Current Population Survey’s voting supplement examine voting methods in 2020 and changes from 2016 at the national and state levels.
America Counts Story
Number of Kids Living Only With Their Mothers Has Doubled in 50 Years
Newly released Current Population Survey tables show the percentage of children under 18 who live with two parents declined since 1968.
Working Paper
Coronavirus Infects Surveys, Too: Survey Nonresponse Bias
This paper evaluates how response in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) was affected by COVID-19.
Visualization
Black Education on the Rise
Population age 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Visualization
High School Education Gap Narrows Among the Young
View educational attainment of the Black and total populations by age.
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