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