Article

New Census data shows what happened to income, poverty and the uninsured rate

Community Solutions Team
Transforming data into progress
Additional Contributors
No items found.
September 17, 2018
Read time:
Download Fact Sheets
Register now
Share this resource
Subscribe to our Newsletter
By subscribing you agree to with our Privacy Policy.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Download this as a PDF

Newly released reports from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS) show that median household income increased in the United States between 2016 and 2017, and the poverty rate declined in the same period. The percent of Americans without health insurance did not change significantly between 2016 and 2017.

Median household income nationally in 2017 was $61,372, which reflects an increase of 3.0 percent from 2016, after adjusting for inflation. This is the third year in a row that median income increased nationally. The median income of married-couple families increased by 1.6 percent to $90,386, but that of female-headed families ($41,703) was not significantly different from 2016. As in previous years, racial disparities persisted, with households headed by non-Hispanic whites making $68,145, compared to $40,258 for African-Americans, $81,331 for Asians and $50,486 for people with Hispanic/Latino ethnicity. Among full-time, year-round workers, women earned a median of $41,977 compared to $52,146 for men; on average, women’s earned income was 80.5 percent of men’s.

African-Americans had a poverty rate of 21.2 percent in 2017, more than twice the rate for non-Hispanic whites

[bctt tweet="Income, poverty and the uninsured - new Census data shows us how those numbers have changed and who is most affected" username="CommunitySols"]

In 2017, 39.7 million Americans lived below the federal poverty line ($24,858 for a family of four), not significantly different from 2016. The official poverty rate was 12.3 percent, down from 12.7 percent in 2016. This is the third consecutive year with a declining national poverty rate. African-Americans had a poverty rate of 21.2 percent in 2017, more than twice the rate for non-Hispanic whites, 8.7 percent; the Hispanic/Latino poverty rate was 18.3 percent. Among children under 18, 17.5 percent lived below poverty in 2017, compared to 11.2 percent of those aged 18 to 64, and 9.2 percent of those aged 65 and older.

Among full-time, year-round workers, women earned a median of $41,977 compared to $52,146 for men; on average, women’s earned income was 80.5 percent of men’s

Twenty-eight and a half million Americans were without health insurance for the whole year in 2017, which is 8.8 percent of the population. Two-thirds of Americans had private insurance, and 37.7 percent had government insurance (some people had both private and public coverage). Almost 700,000 Ohioans were uninsured in 2017, just more than half as many as in 2013, the year before the Affordable Care Act went into effect.

Download Fact Sheets

Ohio Statewide Data

Download

Wood County

Download

Wyandot County

Download

Williams County

Download

Washington County

Download

Vinton County

Download

Wayne County

Download

Warren County

Download

Van Wert County

Download

Union County

Download

Tuscarawas County

Download

Stark County

Download

Summit County

Download

Trumbull County

Download

Shelby County

Download

Seneca County

Download

Scioto County

Download

Ross County

Download

Sandusky County

Download

Richland County

Download

Putnam County

Download

Huron County

Download

Portage County

Download

Preble County

Download

Pike County

Download

Pickaway County

Download

Perry County

Download

Noble County

Download

Paulding County

Download

Ottawa County

Download

Morrow County

Download

Muskingum County

Download

Morgan County

Download

Montgomery County

Download

Meigs County

Download

Monroe County

Download

Miami County

Download

Mercer County

Download

Marion County

Download

Madison County

Download

Medina County

Download

Mahoning County

Download

Lucas County

Download

Lorain County

Download

Logan County

Download

Licking County

Download

Lawrence County

Download

Lake County

Download

Holmes County

Download

Jackson County

Download

Knox County

Download

Jefferson County

Download

Hocking County

Download

Henry County

Download

Highland County

Download

Harrison County

Download

Hancock County

Download

Hardin County

Download

Greene County

Download

Geauga County

Download

Guernsey County

Download

Hamilton County

Download

Gallia County

Download

Fayette County

Download

Fulton County

Download

Franklin County

Download

Fairfield County

Download

Erie County

Download

Darke County

Download

Defiance County

Download

Coshocton County

Download

Delaware County

Download

Cuyahoga County

Download

Crawford County

Download

Columbiana County

Download

Clinton County

Download

Clermont County

Download

Clark County

Download

Champaign County

Download

Carroll County

Download

Athens County

Download

Ashtabula County

Download

Brown County

Download

Butler County

Download

Belmont County

Download

Auglaize County

Download

Ashland County

Download

Allen County

Download

Adams County

Download

Lake County

Download

Geauga County

Download

Cuyahoga County

Download

All Municipalities Geauga County

Download

All Municipalities Lake County

Download

All Municipalities Cuyahoga County

Download

Thompson

Download

South Russell

Download

Russell

Download

Parkman

Download
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Download report

Subscribe to our newsletter

5 Things you need to know arrives on Mondays with the latest articles, events, and advocacy developments in Ohio

Explore the fact sheets

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique.

No Related Fact Sheets

Explore Topics

Browse articles, research, and testimony.