JULY 31, 2017 — The U.S. Census Bureau schedule for the release of the 2016 income, poverty and health insurance coverage statistics from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey and the 2016 American Community Survey is as follows:
In July, the Census Bureau released new American Community Survey statistics for detailed race, Hispanic origin, ancestry, and tribal population groups. These statistics, available from the Selected Population Tables and American Indian and Alaska Native Tables, are based on the 2011-2015 American Community Survey and provide the greatest level of statistical information for detailed population groups.
Estimates from this special data release provide social, economic, demographic, and housing characteristics for detailed population groups using lower minimum population requirements compared to the standard American Community Survey annual releases. July’s release was the first update to the data since the previous tables based on the 2006-2010 American Community Survey.
Estimates are available through American FactFinder. Search for a detailed population group to start exploring these estimates.
This American Community Survey statistical comparison tool helps users carry out statistical testing for two or more American Community Survey estimates. The spreadsheet factors in the margin of error to determine whether the estimates are significantly different (higher or lower) from each other or are not significantly different (statistically tied) from each other. For more information on using the statistical testing tool, click here to read our blog.
The Current Population Survey serves as the nation’s primary source of statistics on labor force characteristics. The Annual Social and Economic Supplement provides the official annual statistics on the nation’s poverty levels as well as statistics on income, health insurance coverage, marital status, educational attainment, employee benefits, work schedules, school enrollment, noncash benefits and migration. The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics have conducted the Current Population Survey for more than 50 years. The statistics are used by government policymakers as important indicators of our nation’s economy and for planning and evaluating many government programs.
The American Community Survey provides a wide range of important statistics about people and housing for every community across the nation. The results are used by a wide variety of users from town and city planners to retailers and homebuilders. The survey is the only source of local estimates for most of the 40 topics it covers, such as income, poverty, health insurance coverage, education, occupation, language, ancestry and housing costs.
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