Income is the gauge many use to determine the well-being of the U.S. population. Survey and census questions cover poverty, income, and wealth.
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PRESS RELEASE | DECEMBER 03, 2018
U.S. Census Bureau Releases Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
In 2017, 11.3 percent of counties had a statistically significant increase in median household income compared to 2007
PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Webinar on Release of 2013-2017 ACS Five-Year Estimates
The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar on Nov. 27, 2018, in advance of the Dec. 6 release of the 2013-2017 American Community Survey five-year estimates.
PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Seminario Web sobre estadísticas ACS de 2013-2017
Se realizará un seminario web el 27 de noviembre para la publicación el 6 de diciembre de nuevas estadísticas de la Encuesta sobre la Comunidad Estadounidense.
Data
TABLE | NOVEMBER 2018
A Child's Day: 2014 - Detailed Tables
Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 2014 Panel, Wave 1
TABLE | SEPTEMBER 2018
Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017
These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2018 and earlier CPS ASEC.
TABLE | SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2017
View and download tables on the Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2017.
Publications
PUBLICATION | DECEMBER 2018
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2017
This document presents highlights of the 2017 data released by the Small area Income and Poverty Estimates program of the U.S. Census Bureau in December 2018.
PUBLICATION | NOVEMBER 06, 2018
A Child's Day: Parental Interaction, School Engagement, and Activities
This report uses SIPP data to analyze a number of school- and home-related child well-being measures.
PUBLICATION | OCTOBER 2018
The Population 65 Years and Older in the United States
This report provides a look at selected demographic, social, housing and economic characteristics of the 65 years and older population in the United States.
Working Papers
WORKING PAPER | NOVEMBER 2018
Modeling Shared Responsibility Payments from the Affordable Care Act
This paper explores the possibility of modeling and adding the shared responsibility payment from the Affordable Care Act into the CPS ASEC tax model.
WORKING PAPER | JULY 2018
SPM Median Rent Index Excluding Housing Assistance Recipients
This paper evaluates the impact of excluding housing assistance recipients from the estimation of the index used to adjust thresholds for the SPM.
WORKING PAPER | JULY 2018
Multidimensional Skills and the Returns to Schooling
This paper uses administrative earnings records and panel data factor models to improve estimates of the marginal returns to schooling.