America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
📖 Learn more about the findings from three new reports on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States in four new stories on America Counts today.
How Age and Poverty Level Impact Health Insurance Coverage
The percentage of people without health insurance coverage in 2023 was 8%, not significantly higher than the 7.9% uninsured rate in 2022, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today.
The report Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2023, reveals health insurance coverage rates and type between 2022 and 2023 for children under age 19, working-age adults ages 19 to 64, and adults age 65 and older.
Supplemental Poverty Measure Below Official Poverty Rate in 32 States
The national official poverty rate (11.1%) was lower than the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) (12.9%) in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s report, Poverty in the United States: 2023, released today.
However, an analysis of 3-year averages of poverty rates by states shows the SPM rate was lower than the official rate in 32 states.
Median Household Income Increased in 2023 for First Time Since 2019
Real median household income rose to $80,610 in 2023, the first annual increase since 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today.
The report, Income in the United States: 2023, compares median household income by different characteristics, including race and Hispanic origin, and shows that not all groups had an increase in median household incomes from 2022 to 2023.
Supplemental Poverty Measure Rose in 2023 for Second Consecutive Year
The Supplemental Poverty Measure, which includes noncash government assistance, increased for the second consecutive year to 12.9% in 2023 from 12.4% in 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau survey data released today.
The 2023 SPM rate remained above the pre-pandemic rate of 11.8% in 2019.
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