Income is the gauge many use to determine the well-being of the U.S. population. Survey and census questions cover poverty, income, and wealth.
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Adapting the American Community Survey Amid COVID-19
We adapted the American Community Survey amid the pandemic to keep both the nation informed, and our staff and the people who respond safe.
National Waitstaff Day: May 21, 2021
The 2019 American Community Survey counted 2,167,363 waiters/waitresses ages 16 and over employed in the U.S. About 34.4% were full-time and 69.2% were female.
National Police Week: May 9-15, 2021
In March 2019, the Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll counted 906,037 full-time police employees in the US with a monthly payroll of $5.98 billion.
Data
The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2019
View and download tables on the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2019.
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2020 and earlier CPS ASEC.
ACS Supplemental Poverty Measures (SPM) Research Files: 2009 to 2018
These research files enable researchers to replicate the ACS SPM estimates described in SEHSD Working Paper # 2020-09
Publications
A Profile of Supplemental Security Income Recipients: 2017
This brief examines SSI receipt in 2017. It includes demographics for three age groups and benefit receipt from complementary programs among adult recipients.
Household Income by Race and Hispanic Origin: 2005–2009 and 2015–2019
This brief uses the 2005-2009 and 2015-2019 American Community Surveys (ACS) 5-year estimates to report changes in median household income by race and Hispanic
Changes in Poverty Rates and Poverty Areas Over Time: 2005 to 2019
This brief uses the first instance of three non-overlapping ACS 5-year estimates to analyze poverty rates and poverty areas for the nation, states and counties.
Working Papers
Evaluating Wealth Data in Wave 4 of the Redesigned 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation
This paper supports the careful use of SIPP data by researchers by examining how changes to the 2014 SIPP affected wealth data quality over the Panel.
Is Retirement More Unequal Than We Think?
This conference paper examines income inequality among older households using SIPP linked to administrative records.
Economic Well-Being of Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The paper uses data from the experimental Household Pulse Survey to show income sources families used to support themselves at three points during the pandemic.