Census

Current Population Reports

Consumer Income

P60-239

*Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 *[13 September 2011]

https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf

[full-text, 95 pages]

See Press Release 13 September 2011

*Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010*

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb11-157.htm...

Summary of Key Findings

The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2010, median household income declined, the poverty rate increased and the percentage without health insurance coverage was not statistically different from the previous year.

Real median household income in the United States in 2010 was $49,445, a 2.3 percent decline from the 2009 median.

The nation's official poverty rate in 2010 was 15.1 percent, up from 14.3 percent in 2009 - the third consecutive annual increase in the poverty rate. There were 46.2 million people in poverty in 2010, up from 43.6 million in 2009 - the fourth consecutive annual increase and the largest number in the 52 years for which poverty estimates have been published.

The number of people without health insurance coverage rose from 49.0 million in 2009 to 49.9 million in 2010, while the percentage without coverage -16.3 percent - was not statistically different from the rate in 2009.

This information covers the first full calendar year after the December 2007-June 2009 recession. See section on the historical impact of recessions.

AND MUCH MORE.....

**************************************** Stuart Basefsky Director, IWS News Bureau Institute for Workplace Studies Cornell/ILR School 16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10016

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