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Figure 3. Total and Full-Time, Year-Round Workers With Earnings by Sex: 1967 to 2009 Numbers in millions Recession 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1959 Male workers Male full-time, year-round workers Female workers Female full-time year-round workers 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 Note: Data on number of workers not readily available before 1967. People 15 years old and older beginning in 1980 and people 14 years old and older as of the following year for previous years. Before 1989, data are for civilian workers only. For information on recessions, see Appendix A. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 1968 to 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplements. decline). Between 2007 and 2009, By class of worker, between 2007 and between 2008 and 2009. 34 In 2009, women gained jobs in professional 2009, declines in the number of male the per capita income for the overand related occupations (658,000 workers with earnings occurred in the all population was $26,530; for gain); service occupations (646,000 private wage and salary (2.3 million Whites it was $28,034; for nongain); and farming, fishing, and for- decline) and self-employed (426,000 Hispanic Whites, $30,941; for Blacks, estry occupations (87,000 gain). 32 decline) worker categories (Table A-5). $18,135; for Asians, $30,653; and For female workers with earnings, for Hispanics, $15,063. 35 Per capita 32 Except for the following differences, the a decline of 1.4 million occurred in income declined 1.3 percent for differences among the declines in this paragraph were not statistically significant: The difference between the decline in the number of females the private wage and salary worker category (Table A-5). Whites and 3.5 percent for Hispanics (Table 1). 36 The changes for nonin production occupations compared with the declines for males in sales and related occupa- Per Capita Income Hispanic Whites, Blacks, and Asians 33 tions and females in office and administrative were not statistically significant. support occupations; the difference between the decline in the number of males in construc- Real per capita income declined by tion and extraction occupations and females in management, business, and financial operations occupations; and the difference between the decline in the number of females in office and 1.2 percent for the total population administrative support occupations compared with the declines in the number of females in 33 The per capita income data presented in 34 Unlike medians, per capita and means are management, business, and financial operations this report are not directly comparable with esti- affected by extremely high and low incomes. occupations and males in production occupa- mates of personal per capita income prepared by 35 The difference between the per capita tions and transportation and material-moving the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. incomes of the non-Hispanic-White and Asian occupations. In addition, the difference between Department of Commerce. The lack of corre- populations was not statistically significant. the increases in the number of females in profes- spondence stems from the differences in income 36 The difference between the declines for sional and related occupations and those in ser- definition and coverage. For further details, see the overall and White populations was not statisvice occupations was not statistically significant. . tically significant. U.S. Census Bureau Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 13 1990 1995 2000 2005 2009
POVERTY IN THE 24.7 percent to 25.8 percent), and people aged 65 and older (from 9.7 UNITED STATES37 for Hispanics (from 23.2 percent to percent to 8.9 percent) (Table 4). 39 Highlights • The official poverty rate in 2009 25.3 percent). For Asians, the 2009 poverty rate (12.5 percent) was not statistically different from the 2008 Impact of the 2007 Economic Downturn was 14.3 percent—up from 13.2 poverty rate (Table 4). 38 The poverty rate and the number in percent in 2008. This was the second statistically significant annual increase in the poverty rate since • The poverty rate in 2009 (14.3 percent) was the highest poverty rate poverty increased by 1.9 percentage points and 6.3 million between 2007 and 2009 (Table 5). The increase in 2004 (Table 4 and Figure 4). since 1994 but was 8.1 percentage the overall poverty rate was: • In 2009, 43.6 million people were in poverty, up from 39.8 million in points lower than the poverty rate in 1959, the first year for which poverty estimates are available • Larger than the increase in the poverty rate during the November 1973 to March 1975 recession. 40 2008—the third consecutive annual increase in the number of people in (Figure 4). • Smaller than the increase in the poverty (Table 4 and Figure 4). • The number of people in poverty in poverty rates associated with the • Between 2008 and 2009, the poverty rate increased for non- Hispanic Whites (from 8.6 percent to 9.4 percent), for Blacks (from 2009 (43.6 million) is the largest number in the 51 years for which poverty estimates have been published (Figure 4). January 1980 to July 1980 and July 1981 to November 1982 combined recessions. Between 2007 and 2009, the child poverty rate and the number in • Between 2008 and 2009, the poverty increased by 2.7 percentage 37 OMB determined the official definition poverty rate increased for children points and 2.1 million. of poverty in Statistical Poverty Directive 14. Poverty thresholds are updated each year using the change in the average annual Consumer Price Index for All Consumers (CPI-U). Since the average annual CPI-U for 2009 was lower than the average annual CPI-U for 2008, poverty thresholds for 2009 are slightly lower (0.4 percent) than the corresponding thresholds for 2008. Appendix B provides a more detailed description of how the Census Bureau calculates poverty. under the age of 18 (from 19.0 percent to 20.7 percent) and people aged 18 to 64 (from 11.7 percent to 12.9 percent), but decreased for 38 The poverty rate for Blacks was not statistically different from that of Hispanics. 39 Since unrelated individuals under 15 are excluded from the poverty universe, there are 460,000 fewer children in the poverty universe than in the total civilian noninstitutionalized population. 40 The apparent changes in the poverty rates across the March 2001 to November 2001 and December 1969 to November 1970 recessions were not statistically different from zero. Figure 4. Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2009 Numbers in millions, rates in percent 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1959 1965 1970 1975 1980 Note: The data points are placed at the midpoints of the respective years. For information on recessions, see Appendix A. 1985 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 1960 to 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplements. 14 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 U.S. Census Bureau 1990 Number in poverty Poverty rate 1995 2000 Recession 2005 2009 43.6 million 14.3 percent
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