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Press Kit: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance and Supplemental Poverty Measure

September 13, 2016

Online News Conference - Sept. 13, 2016 at 10 a.m. (EDT)

Presentation [1.9 MB]

Presentation with Plot Points [1.3 MB]

Remarks: Webinar on 2015 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage Estimates [<1.0 MB]

News Release

Reports and Data Tables

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015

Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2015

Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2015

Complete set of poverty thresholds

Graphics

FIGURE | SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Population Without Health Insurance Coverage: 2008 to 2015

FIGURE | SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Population Without Health Insurance Coverage by State: 2008 to 2015

Speaker Biographies

BIOGRAPHY

Michael C. Cook, Sr.

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

BIOGRAPHY

Jennifer Cheeseman Day

Assistant Division Chief, Employment Characteristics of the Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau

BIOGRAPHY

David Waddington

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

Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Income and Poverty: 2015 [<1.0 MB]

Income and Poverty Estimates: Guidance on When to Use Each Survey [<1.0 MB]

Fact Sheet: Health Insurance Coverage: 2015 [<1.0 MB]

Health Insurance Estimates: Guidance on When to Use Each Survey [<1.0 MB]

Blogs

Two Views of the Changes in Health Insurance Rates From 2008 to 2015

2014 to 2015 Median Household Income is Largest Percentage Increase Since 1998

2015 Drop In Poverty is Largest on Record Since 1999

Another Look at Health Insurance Coverage Rates for Young Adults

Census Bureau Releases 2015 Supplemental Poverty Measure

What is the Supplemental Poverty Measure and How Does It Differ From the Official Measure?

What Does it Mean to be in Poverty in the U.S., Statistically Speaking?

How the Census Bureau Measures Income and Poverty

Health Insurance Coverage Measurement in Two Surveys

Background

Income

Poverty

Health Insurance

PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 06, 2016

2015 Income, Poverty & Health Insurance & Supplemental Poverty Measure

MEDIA ADVISORY: On Sept. 13 at 10 a.m., the U.S. Census Bureau will hold an online news conference to announce findings from three reports.

PRESS RELEASE | AUGUST 31, 2016

Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Statistics and ACS Results

MEDIA ADVISORY: Release schedule for 2015 income, poverty and health insurance coverage statistics and the 2015 American Community Survey results.

PRESS KIT | SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Income, Poverty, Health Insurance Coverage and SPM: 2014

Annual release of national-level income, poverty and health insurance coverage statistics.

PRESS KIT | AUGUST 28, 2015

Technical Meeting Income, Poverty & Health Insurance

Briefing on the federal statistical community’s plans related to the measurement and release of data on income, poverty & health insurance coverage.