Earlier this month, the U.S. Census Bureau released key census indicators that analyzed data from 2011 to 2012 in its report, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States. These included:
- Poverty: In 2012, the family poverty rate and the number of families in poverty were 11.8 percent and 9.5 million. Neither level was statistically different from the 2011 estimates.
- Sex: In 2012, 13.6 percent of males and 16.3 percent of females were in poverty. Neither poverty rate showed a statistically significant change from its 2011 estimate.
- Age: In 2012, 13.7 percent of people 18 to 64 (26.5 million) were in poverty compared with 9.1 percent of people 65 and older (3.9 million) and 21.8 percent of children under 18 (16.1 million). No age group experienced a statistically significant change in the number or rates of people in poverty between 2011 and 2012, except the number of people 65 and older in poverty rose between 2011 and 2012.
- Health Insurance Coverage: In 2012, the uninsured rates decreased as household income increased from 24.9 percent for those in households with annual income less than $25,000 to 7.9 percent in households with income of $75,000 or more.
The complete report can be found here.