[Lmresearch] New Census report--Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005

[Russell W. Rumberger]

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            Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005 

            Two Census reports were released.  The first was based on data were compiled from information collected in the 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). 

            Highlights:

              a.. Real median household income in the United States rose by 1.1 percent between 2004 and 2005, reaching $46,326;
              b.. The nation's official poverty rate remained statistically unchanged at 12.6 percent;
              c..  Poverty rates remained statistically unchanged for blacks (24.9 percent) and Hispanics (21.8 percent). The poverty rate decreased for non-Hispanic whites (8.3 percent in 2005, down from 8.7 percent in 2004) and increased for Asians (11.1 percent in 2005, up from 9.8 percent in 2004). 
              d.. The percentage of people without health insurance coverage rose from 15.6 percent to 15.9 percent (46.6 million people);
            The second report was based on tabulations of economic data from the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS), a powerful new tool that provides timely and updated information about the nation's changing and diverse population every year. The data are available for nearly 7,000 areas including for the first time all congressional districts, and counties, cities and American Indian/Alaska native areas of 65,000 population or more. 

            Highlights:

              a.. Medium household income in California ($53,629) was 16 percent above the national average ($46,242), while the poverty rate was exactly the same as the national rate (13.3 percent)
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