Michael C. Cook, Sr.

Chief, Public Information Office, U.S. Census Bureau

David S. Johnson

Chief, Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the US: 2012

In 2012, real median household income and poverty rate were not statistically different, while percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased.

Ingreso, pobreza y cobertura de seguro médico en los EE. UU.: 2012

La mediana real de ingreso de los hogares y la tasa de pobreza no fueron estadísticamente diferentes del año anterior.

Media Advisory — Census Bureau Announces Findings for Income, Poverty

The Bureau will hold an audio news conference to announce findings from its report: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2012.

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics and ACS Results

Release schedule for national income, poverty and health insurance statistics for 2012 from the Current Population Survey, and local estimates from the ACS.

Health Insurance

The Bureau collects health insurance data using three national surveys: CPS ASEC, ACS, and SIPP.

Income and Poverty Rate Held Steady in 2012

Between 2011 and 2012 in the United States, neither real median income nor the poverty rate changed. For the previous four years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) either poverty increased (2008, 2009, 2010) or median household income decreased (2008, 2010, 2011).

Medicare and Medicaid, Age and Income

Today, the Census Bureau released new statistics on the percentages of people receiving health insurance coverage. The report shows that 15.7 percent of people were covered by Medicare and 16.4 percent by Medicaid last year.

How the Census Bureau Measures Income and Poverty

Income, poverty and health insurance statistics for 2012 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) will be released Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. One-year statistics from the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) will be released on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013.

How We Measure Health Insurance

Next week, the Census Bureau is releasing two sources for health insurance statistics in the United States: the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS ASEC) and the American Community Survey (ACS). While both surveys have questions that attempt to measure the same phenomena, they go about it in different ways.

Current Population Survey (CPS)

The CPS is a monthly survey sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.