📊 Updates You May Have Missed

Findings from three new reports on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States are now available!

Explore data highlights on the nation’s social and economic well-being.

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• Report: Income in the United States: 2023
• Report: Poverty in the United States: 2023
• Report: Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2023
• Press Kit: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics
• Blog: How Updating Annual Poverty Thresholds Impacts Poverty Rates
• Blog: Using Administrative Data to Evaluate Nonresponse Bias in the 2024 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement

Unlike the official poverty rate, the Supplemental Poverty Measure accounts for government assistance to low-income families.

How does the official poverty rate compare to the Supplemental Poverty Measure in your state? Find out on America Counts.

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• America Counts: How Age and Poverty Level Impact Health Insurance Coverage
• America Counts: Supplemental Poverty Measure Rose in 2023 for Second Consecutive Year
• America Counts: Median Household Income Increased in 2023 for First Time Since 2019
• En español: La mediana de ingresos subió en el 2023, por primera vez desde el 2019
• ▶️ Data Gem: How to Access Income Data Tables and Reports from the CPS ASEC
• ▶️ Data Gem: How to Access Poverty Data Tables and Reports from the CPS ASEC

Over 21 million renter households spent more than 30% of their income on housing costs in 2023, representing nearly half (49.7%) of the renter households in the U.S. for whom rent burden is calculated.

Explore more new 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) data on housing, income, poverty, and health insurance. 

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• Press Kit: 2023 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
• Data Visualization: Health Insurance Coverage and Type by State
• Data Visualization: Older Adults in the United States: 2019 and 2022
• Pre-Release Webinar: 2023 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

The real median gross cost of renting grew faster annually than real median home values in 2023 for the first time in 10 years, according to new ACS data.

Learn more about rent costs by state on America Counts.

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America Counts: Health Coverage for Working-Age Adults Rose in Every State Since 2013
America Counts: Older Adults and Child Poverty Rates Changed in Many States in 2023

Together with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, we have developed one-year, small area estimates of internet adoption at the county level.

Check out our new experimental data and explore estimates for your county.

In August, our Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) asked businesses if they had any paid employees who worked from home for at least one workday between July 29 - August 11. Check out what we found and explore more BTOS data.

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