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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage ... - Census Bureau

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Contents<br />

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<strong>Income</strong>, <strong>Poverty</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> <strong>Coverage</strong><br />

in the United States: 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

Source of Estimates <strong>and</strong> Statistical Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

Supplemental <strong>Poverty</strong> Measure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br />

State <strong>and</strong> Local Estimates of <strong>Income</strong>, <strong>Poverty</strong>, <strong>and</strong><br />

2<br />

<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

Dynamics of Economic Well-Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />

<strong>Income</strong> in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />

Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />

Household <strong>Income</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

Race <strong>and</strong> Hispanic Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Age of Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Nativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />

<strong>Income</strong> Inequality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

Equivalence-Adjusted <strong>Income</strong> Inequality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

Work Experience <strong>and</strong> Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

Per Capita <strong>Income</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

<strong>Poverty</strong> in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />

Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />

Impact of the 2007 Economic Downturn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />

Race <strong>and</strong> Hispanic Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

Nativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

Work Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

Depth of <strong>Poverty</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />

Ratio of <strong>Income</strong> to <strong>Poverty</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />

<strong>Income</strong> Deficit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />

Alternative/Experimental <strong>Poverty</strong> Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)-Based Measures <strong>and</strong><br />

Estimates of the Effect of Benefits <strong>and</strong> Taxes . . . . . . . . . 20<br />

CPS Table Creator II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />

<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> <strong>Coverage</strong> in the United States . . . . . . . . 22<br />

Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

What Is <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> <strong>Coverage</strong>?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

Type of <strong>Coverage</strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

Race <strong>and</strong> Hispanic Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />

Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />

Nativity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

Economic Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

Work Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

Children’s <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> <strong>Coverage</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

Residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

Additional Data <strong>and</strong> Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

U.S. <strong>Census</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong> <strong>Income</strong>, <strong>Poverty</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Insurance</strong> <strong>Coverage</strong> in the United States: 2009 iii

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