Happening This Week
 Join us for an online news conference tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. EDT as we announce the findings of three reports:
- Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020
- Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2020
- The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2020
The income and poverty report and the health insurance report provide national statistics from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). The supplemental poverty measure report contains national and state findings from the CPS ASEC.
 What’s the Difference Between the Supplemental and Official Poverty Measures?
There has been continued debate about the best way to measure income and poverty in the United States since the first official U.S. poverty statistics were published in the mid-1960s.
At the Census Bureau, we measure poverty two ways every year. The first, called the official poverty measure, is based on cash resources. The second measure, the Supplemental Poverty Measure, includes both cash and noncash benefits and subtracts necessary expenses (such as taxes and medical expenses).
This short blog discusses the development of the Supplemental Poverty Measure and contrasts the two measures. Continue reading...
2020 Census Redistricting Data Coming to data.census.gov
 The Census Bureau will release easier-to-use formats of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Summary File on Thursday, Sept. 16.
Also on Thursday, redistricting data will be available through the Census Bureau’s primary data dissemination tool, data.census.gov. The Census Bureau will also deliver an easy-to-use toolkit of DVDs and flash drives to state officials and public bodies responsible for their state’s legislative apportionment or districting.
2020 Census: The Census Bureau conducts a series of formal evaluations and assessments that measure different aspects of decennial census operations and specific challenges.
In this new blog, read about this rigorous evaluation program known as the Census Program for Evaluations and Experiments.
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