Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage ... - Census Bureau
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Race <strong>and</strong> Hispanic Origin <strong>and</strong> non-Hispanic-White populations households maintained by natural-<br />
Real median income declined for Black<br />
households <strong>and</strong> non-Hispanic White<br />
households between 2008 <strong>and</strong> 2009<br />
(Table 1 <strong>and</strong> Figure 1); the changes for<br />
the Asian <strong>and</strong> Hispanic-origin housewere<br />
collected in the CPS ASEC) <strong>and</strong><br />
2009, the Black-to-non-Hispanic-<br />
White income ratio increased from<br />
0.58 to 0.60. Over the same period,<br />
the Hispanic-to-non-Hispanic-White<br />
income ratio declined from 0.74 to<br />
ized citizens had the highest income,<br />
$51,975; followed by native-born<br />
households, $50,503; <strong>and</strong> noncitizen<br />
households, $36,089 (Table 1).<br />
Region15 holds were not statistically significant.<br />
The decline for Black households was<br />
4.4 percent, larger than the 1.6 percent<br />
decline for non-Hispanic White<br />
households.<br />
0.70. <strong>Income</strong> data for the Asian population<br />
was first available in 1987. The<br />
Asian-to-non-Hispanic White income<br />
ratios for 1987 <strong>and</strong> 2009 were not<br />
Real median household income in<br />
the Midwest <strong>and</strong> West experienced<br />
declines of 2.1 percent <strong>and</strong> 1.9 percent<br />
between 2008 <strong>and</strong> 2009 (Table 1). 16<br />
In comparison to the respective<br />
income peaks before the 2001 reces-<br />
sion, 2009 household income was 5.0<br />
percent lower for all races combined<br />
(from $52,388 in 1999), 4.2 percent<br />
lower for non-Hispanic Whites (from<br />
$56,843 in 1999), 11.8 percent lower<br />
statistically different, 1.14 <strong>and</strong> 1.20,<br />
respectively.<br />
Age of Householder<br />
Change in real median household<br />
income by age of the householder<br />
between 2008 <strong>and</strong> 2009 was not<br />
uniform across the age groups. The<br />
The changes in the median incomes<br />
in the Northeast <strong>and</strong> South were<br />
not statistically significant. In 2009,<br />
households in the West ($53,833) <strong>and</strong><br />
Northeast ($53,073) had the highest<br />
median household incomes, followed<br />
by the Midwest ($48,877) <strong>and</strong> the<br />
South ($45,615). 17<br />
for Blacks (from $36,952 in 2000),<br />
5.7 percent lower for Asians (from<br />
$69,448 in 2000), <strong>and</strong> 7.9 percent<br />
lower for Hispanics (from $41,312 in<br />
2000 .<br />
median income of households with<br />
householders under 65 declined (1.3<br />
percent), while the income of house-<br />
Residence<br />
Between 2008 <strong>and</strong> 2009, both house-<br />
13 )<br />
holds with householders 65 <strong>and</strong><br />
older increased (5.8 percent). More<br />
holds inside <strong>and</strong> outside of principal<br />
cities within metropolitan areas<br />
Among the race groups, Asian house- precisely, declines in median income experienced changes in real median<br />
holds had the highest median income were experienced by households income, but in opposite directions<br />
in 2009 ($65,469). The median with householders aged 15 to 24 (4.4 (Table 1). Households inside princiincome<br />
for non-Hispanic-White percent decline), 25 to 34 (2.0 percent pal cities experienced a 1.9 percent<br />
households was $54,461; for Black decline), <strong>and</strong> 35 to 44 (2.6 percent increase in income, whereas househouseholds<br />
it was $32,584; <strong>and</strong> for<br />
Hispanic households it was $38,039.<br />
Comparing the income of non-<br />
Hispanic-White households to that<br />
decline). Changes in the incomes of<br />
households with householders aged<br />
45 to 54 <strong>and</strong> 55 to 64 were not statistically<br />
significant.<br />
holds outside principal cities experienced<br />
a 1.9 percent decline. In 2009,<br />
households within metropolitan areas<br />
14<br />
of other households shows that the<br />
2009 ratio of Asian to non-Hispanic-<br />
White income was 1.20, the ratio of<br />
Black to non-Hispanic-White income<br />
was 0.60, <strong>and</strong> the ratio of Hispanic<br />
to non-Hispanic-White income was<br />
0.70. Between 1972 (the first year<br />
that income data for the Hispanic<br />
Nativity<br />
Native-born households <strong>and</strong> households<br />
maintained by a noncitizen<br />
had declines in real median income<br />
between 2008 <strong>and</strong> 2009. The changes<br />
in the median income of foreignborn<br />
households <strong>and</strong> households<br />
but outside principal cities had the<br />
highest median income ($56,582),<br />
<strong>and</strong> households outside metropolitan<br />
areas had the lowest ($40,135).<br />
15 The Northeast region includes Connecticut,<br />
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New<br />
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong>,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Vermont. The Midwest region includes<br />
13 Except for the differences between the<br />
decline for Blacks compared with the declines<br />
maintained by a naturalized citizen<br />
were not statistically significant. The<br />
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,<br />
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,<br />
Ohio, South Dakota, <strong>and</strong> Wisconsin. The South<br />
for non-Hispanic Whites <strong>and</strong> Asians <strong>and</strong> the dif-<br />
ference between the declines for non-Hispanic<br />
Whites <strong>and</strong> Hispanics, the differences between<br />
decline for native-born households<br />
was 0.7 percent, <strong>and</strong> for households<br />
region includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware,<br />
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,<br />
Maryl<strong>and</strong>, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma,<br />
the remaining declines were not statistically<br />
significant. For all races, the median household<br />
income peak of $52,388 in 1999 was not statistimaintained<br />
by a noncitizen, the<br />
decline was 4.5 percent. In 2009,<br />
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West<br />
Virginia, <strong>and</strong> the District of Columbia, a state<br />
equivalent. The West region includes the states<br />
cally different from the 2000 median of $52,301. of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,<br />
For non-Hispanic Whites, the $56,843 income Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon,<br />
peak in 1999 was not statistically different from Utah, Washington, <strong>and</strong> Wyoming.<br />
the 2000 median of $56,826. For Blacks, the 14 Except for the difference between the 16 The difference in the declines in median<br />
$36,952 income peak in 2000 was not statisti- declines in the income of households with house- household income between the Midwest <strong>and</strong><br />
cally different from the 1999 median of $35,928. holders under 65 compared with the decline for West was not statistically significant.<br />
For Hispanics, the $41,312 income peak in 2000 those aged 15 to 24, the differences among the 17 The difference between the median housewas<br />
not statistically different from the 2001 declines discussed in this paragraph were not hold incomes for the West <strong>and</strong> Northeast was not<br />
median of $40,665. statistically significant. statistically significant.<br />
8 <strong>Income</strong>, <strong>Poverty</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> <strong>Coverage</strong> in the United States: 2009 U.S. <strong>Census</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong>