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America Counts: Stories About Health
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America Counts StoryPopulation Trends Across the GlobeNovember 26, 2024The Census Bureau’s released updated population estimates and projections for 34 countries that reveal population shifts.
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America Counts StoryHealth Coverage for Working-Age Adults Rose in Every State Since 2013September 12, 2024A brief, infographic and working paper from the American Community Survey estimates out today show changes in health coverage rates by age and state 2013-2023.
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America Counts StoryHow Age and Poverty Level Impact Health Insurance CoverageSeptember 10, 2024The percentage of people without health insurance remained around 8% in 2023 but rates varied by age and poverty level, according to data released today.
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America Counts StoryMental Health Struggles Among Older Adults During the PandemicAugust 29, 2024The Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey shows older adults’ mental health and well-being varied by socioeconomic characteristics.
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America Counts StoryDual Health Insurance Coverage Declining For Adults Age 65 and OverApril 18, 2024Rates of dual health coverage — private health insurance and Medicare — decreased from 2017 to 2022 for adults age 65 and older regardless of employment status.
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America Counts Story“Excess Mortality" During COVID-19 Varied by Race, Ethnicity, GeographyMarch 12, 2024New Census Bureau research shows “excess mortality” — deaths that exceed recent trends — widened the Black-White mortality gap.
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America Counts StoryHow Many U.S. Businesses Offer Health Insurance to Employees?February 29, 2024Private-sector companies in seven states and District of Columbia offer health insurance to employees at a rate significantly above the national average.
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America Counts StoryContinued Decrease in Mortality Brings Natural Increase Closer to Pre-Pandemic LevelsDecember 19, 2023New population estimates show that 19 states had more deaths than births in 2023, down from 25 in 2022.
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America Counts StoryUninsured Rates Decreased in Over Half of U.S. States in 2022September 14, 2023Infographics from the ACS 1-year estimates released today show changes in state-level health insurance coverage rates and types from 2021 to 2022.
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America Counts StoryHealth Insurance Coverage of U.S. Workers Increased in 2022September 12, 2023Health insurance coverage for working-age adults ages 19 to 64 improved in 2022 across race groups and Hispanic origin and in most regions.
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America Counts StoryPublic Health Emergencies and Mental HealthJuly 26, 2023The opioid crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, and legislative changes may have contributed to a rise in revenue for mental health care service providers.
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America Counts StoryAbout 43 Million People in the U.S. Had Multiple Health Plans in 2021July 19, 2023More than half of multiple coverage holders had Medicare and a private coverage plan.
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America Counts StoryRacial/Ethnic Disparities in Disability by Health ConditionJuly 12, 2023Higher rates of disability among non-Hispanic Black population age 40 and up due to arthritis, diabetes and hypertension than among non-Hispanic White adults.
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America Counts StoryAlmost a Quarter of U.S. Population Vulnerable to Rising HeatJuly 11, 2023Climate-focused data product finds that social factors contribute to low resilience to extreme heat exposure for almost 1 in 4 individuals in the United States.
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America Counts StoryDisability Rates Higher in Rural Areas Than Urban AreasJune 26, 2023The largest urban/rural differences in disability rates were in the South in 2021.
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America Counts StoryCOVID-19 Impacts on Mortality by Race/Ethnicity and SexJune 22, 2023Males and the Hispanic, and American Indian and Alaska Native population groups experienced disproportionately large Increases in deaths during the pandemic.
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America Counts StoryImpacto del COVID-19 en la mortalidad por raza/origen étnico y sexoJune 22, 2023Los hombres y las poblaciones hispana e indígena de las Américas y nativa de Alaska estuvieron entre los grupos que experimentaron grandes aumentos en muertes.
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America Counts StoryHispanic, Black Adults More Likely to Report Long COVID-19 SymptomsMay 01, 2023Household Pulse Survey began asking about long COVID-19 in 2022 and 31.1% said they still experienced symptoms three months or longer after testing positive.
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America Counts StoryImpact of the End of Extra SNAP BenefitsApril 27, 2023About 1 in 4 households in states that gave SNAP emergency benefits during the pandemic report not having enough to eat now that extra funding has ended.
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America Counts StoryMissing Medicaid Data on Race/Ethnicity May Bias Health ResearchApril 18, 2023New research links Census Bureau and Medicaid data to enhance missing race/ethnicity data and improve the study of health disparities.
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America Counts StoryIs There a Retail Health Clinic Near You?March 28, 2023There were 2000 clinics providing walk-in health services inside pharmacies and other retailers between 2018 and 2020, mostly in metro areas.
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America Counts StoryLosing Our ParentsMarch 21, 2023A new data visualization shows patterns in parent mortality by age, sex, race and ethnicity for 2019 and 2021.
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America Counts StoryMore Education Does Not Erase Racial Disparities in Health CoverageMarch 08, 2023Adults with a high school education or less have higher uninsured rates than those more educated. Racial/ethnic inequalities exist even among the more educated.
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America Counts StoryData Products Built by and for Puerto Rican CommunitiesFebruary 16, 2023The Opportunity Project tackled challenges specific to Puerto Rico using open data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other federal agencies.
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America Counts StoryHow Did Self-Care Industries Perform at Start of Pandemic?February 13, 2023The 2021 Service Annual Survey shows trends in select self-care industries since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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America Counts StoryThe Stories U.S. Census Bureau Data Told in 2022December 27, 2022A look at some of the America Counts stories that revealed shifts in our population, from growing diversity and declining poverty to where and how we live.
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America Counts StoryHow Resilient Are Communities Along the U.S.-Mexico Border?October 18, 2022The Community Resilience Estimates show that more people living in the 44 counties along the U.S.-Mexico border are less resilient than the nation as a whole.
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America Counts StoryDo Disabilities Impact Older People’s Moves to Other Locations?October 12, 2022About 8.3% of people ages 65 and older with a disability and 5.1% without a disability moved during the prior year from 2015-2019.
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America Counts StoryHow Marital Status and Children Affect Social Safety Net ParticipationSeptember 29, 2022An updated interactive data tool allows users to explore household composition and expanded age categories of those who received government benefits in 2020.
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America Counts StoryUninsured Rate Declined in 28 States 2019-2021September 15, 2022Today’s release of the 2021 American Community Survey 1-year estimates shows increase in public health coverage in 36 states.
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America Counts StoryUninsured Rate of U.S. Children Fell to 5.0% in 2021September 13, 2022A 1.2 percentage point increase in Medicaid and CHIP coverage drove drop in children’s uninsured rate between 2020 and 2021.
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America Counts StoryFull-Time, Year-Round Workers More Likely to be Uninsured in 2021September 13, 2022The uninsured rate of those who worked less than full time, year-round dropped 1.2 percentage points from 2020 to 2021 as public coverage increased.
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America Counts StoryRevenues for Home Care, Elderly Services Increase as Nation AgesAugust 09, 2022Service Annual Survey shows revenue increased in select service industries from 2013 to 2020.
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America Counts StoryWealth Inequality in the U.S. by Household TypeAugust 01, 2022Census data show persistent inequalities in household wealth in 2019: 38.7% of households did not own a home, and 41.2% did not have a retirement account.
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America Counts StoryHow Did CARES Act Funding Impact State Revenues, Spending?July 11, 2022The 2020 Annual Survey of State Government Finances captures only three months of the CARES Act funding to state governments but it already shows major impacts.
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America Counts StoryWho Is Receiving Social Safety Net Benefits?May 24, 2022A new data tool allows users to explore thousands of social safety statistics 2013-2019 and demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of recipients.
Page Last Revised - April 9, 2025
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