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Browse Current Population publications and working papers, and infographics.
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Marital Status of One-Parent Family Groups: 2022
This infographic shows the marital status of one-parent family groups.
Visualization
Children Under 18 Living With One Parent
This infographic shows children living with their mother or father by age group.
Working Paper
Cognitive Pretesting of the Internet Use Survey
Testing new and revised questions including underreporting of cyberbullying and cost as a reason why people do not access the internet at home.
America Counts Story
2021 Income Inequality Increased for First Time Since 2011
U.S. Census Bureau’s income data released today show widening income inequality from 2020 to 2021.
America Counts Story
Child Poverty Fell to Record Low 5.2% in 2021
In 2021, child poverty rates measured by Supplemental Poverty Measure were the lowest since 2009 for all race and Hispanic origin categories examined.
America Counts Story
Full-Time, Year-Round Workers More Likely to be Uninsured in 2021
The uninsured rate of those who worked less than full time, year-round dropped 1.2 percentage points from 2020 to 2021 as public coverage increased.
America Counts Story
Government Assistance Lifts 45.4 Million Out of Poverty in 2021
The 2021 U.S. official poverty rate of 11.6% was not statistically different from 2020 but the Supplemental Poverty Measure at 7.8% was lowest on record.
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Health Insurance Coverage
27.2 million people were uninsured in 2021.
Publication
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2021
This report presents data on health insurance coverage in the United States in 2021 based on information collected in the 2022 CPS ASEC.
Publication
Income in the United States: 2021
This report presents data on income, earnings, & income inequality in the United States based on information collected in the 2022 and earlier CPS ASEC.
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Income in the United States: 2021
This report presents data on income, earnings, & income inequality in the United States based on information collected in the 2022 and earlier CPS ASEC.
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Measuring the Nation’s Social and Economic Well-Being
Median household income, percentage of people in poverty, Supplemental Poverty Measure, and percentage of people without health insurance.
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Median Household Income
Income was not statistically different from the 2020 estimate.
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Official Poverty Measure
Poverty rate was not significantly different from 2020.
Publication
Poverty in the United States: 2021
This report presents data on poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2022 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Visualization
Poverty in the United States: 2021
This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2022 and earlier CPS ASEC.
Visualization
Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)
The SPM declined between 2020 and 2021.
America Counts Story
Uninsured Rate of U.S. Children Fell to 5.0% in 2021
A 1.2 percentage point increase in Medicaid and CHIP coverage drove drop in children’s uninsured rate between 2020 and 2021.
Fact Sheet
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
In this fact sheet, we explore the CPS ASEC as a source of U.S. Census Bureau income, poverty, and health insurance coverage data released in September.
Working Paper
School Lunch and P-EBT Valuation in the 2021 SPM
This paper describes the updated method for calculating and assigning school lunch values in the 2021 SPM.
Working Paper
Unbanked and Impoverished? Exploring Banking and Poverty Interactions
Using three leading household surveys, this paper documents how the interaction
between bank access and poverty has evolved over time.
Working Paper
Effects of 2020 Census-Based Population Controls on 2020 Estimates
This paper demonstrates the effect of using the 2020 Census-based population controls on the 2020 data by presenting key estimates using both the 2010 and 2020
America Counts Story
A House Tour by the Numbers
In recognition of American Housing Month and National Homeownership Month, we highlight U.S. Census Bureau data and tools on housing and construction.
America Counts Story
Housing Vacancy Rates Near Historic Lows
Housing Vacancy Survey shows that availability of homeowner and rental housing tightened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Working Paper
Parental Veteran Status and Poverty among U.S. Children
This poster uses the 2019 CPS ASEC to examine how coresidence with a veteran parent is associated with the chances that children live in or near poverty.
America Counts Story
U.S. Migration Continued to Decline From 2020 to 2021
In 2021, 8.4% of people had lived in a different residence a year earlier, a decline from the 2020 mover rate of 9.3%.
Visualization
A Higher Degree
Number of people age 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Visualization
CPS Historical Time Series Visualizations
This visualization is from 1940 through 2021 for Educational Attainment.
Publication
Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2020
This report summarizes and analyzes estimates from the 2020 CPS November Voting Supplement.
Visualization
The Single Life
The gap between married and unmarried Americans has narrowed since 1950.
America Counts Story
Over a Quarter of Children Lived With At Least One Foreign-Born Parent
A new report reveals that children living with at least one foreign-born parent are more likely to live with two parents than children with native-born parents.
Visualization
Recent Black High School Attainment On Par With National Average
Educational attainment of black and total populations by age: 2020. (In percent)
America Counts Story
National Poverty in America Awareness Month: Measuring Poverty
The Census Bureau’s 2020 Supplemental Poverty Measure rate was 2.3 percentage points lower than the official poverty rate of 11.4%.
Visualization
Black Education on the Rise
Population age 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Visualization
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
View changes in the nation's African American population since 1964.
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