Att J - CPS-676, Changing Situation Pamphlet

Measuring a Changing America

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The U.S. Census Bureau has discovered three
categories of important facts and emerging
trends about Americans and their families:
• Median household income.

The Changing Situation of
Americans and Their Families
Facts From the Current Population Survey
Annual Social and Economic Supplement

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• People without health insurance coverage.
• Poverty rate and number of people in poverty.

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Issued November 2020
CPS-676 (11/2020)

Income
Median household
income was $68,703 in
2019, an increase of 6.8
percent from the 2018
median of $64,324.
The 2019 real median incomes of family
households and nonfamily households
increased 7.3 percent and 6.2 percent
from their respective 2018 estimates. This
is the fifth consecutive annual increase
in median household income for family
households, and the second consecutive
increase for nonfamily households.
The 2019 real median incomes of White,
Black, Asian, and Hispanic households all
increased from their 2018 medians.
The 2019 real median earnings of men
($57,456) and women ($47,299) who
worked full-time, year-round increased by
2.1 percent and 3.0 percent, respectively.
The 2019 female-to-male earnings ratio
was 0.823, not statistically different from
the 2018 ratio.

Median Household Income by
Type of Household: 2019
ALL
HOUSEHOLDS

(In percent)

$68,703

All people
Sex

Total family
households

$88,149

Married-couple
households
Female householder,
no husband present

People Without Health Insurance
for the Entire Year by
Selected Characteristics: 2019

$102,308

8.0

Male

8.8
7.3

Female

$48,098

Male householder,
no wife present

Total

Age

$69,244

Under 19 years
Total nonfamily
households
Female householder
Male householder

$41,232

5.2
14.2

19 to 25 years

$34,612

26 to 34 years

13.3

45 to 64 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey,
2020 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

65 years and older

White1

In 2019, 8.0 percent of people, or 26.1
million, did not have health insurance at
any point during the year. The percentage
of people with health insurance coverage
for all or part of 2019 was 92.0 percent.

White, non-Hispanic

1.1

(In percent)
Total
7.8

Hispanic (any race)

With no workers
With 1 or more workers

5.2

65.3

9.6

Black
Asian

The chart below shows lower poverty rates
for family members living with at least one
worker than for family members living with
no worker—6.0 percent compared with
27.2 percent. The same pattern held when
families were classified by family type.

Poverty Rates of People in
Families by Family Type and
Presence of Workers: 2019

8.8

Race and Hispanic Origin1

Health Insurance Coverage

The official poverty rate in 2019 was 10.5
percent, down 1.3 percentage points
from 11.8 percent in 2018. This is the fifth
consecutive annual decline in poverty.
Since 2014, the poverty rate has fallen 4.3
percentage points from 14.8 percent to 10.5
percent.

11.4

35 to 44 years

$48,496

Poverty Rate, Number of People
in Poverty

6.2

52.0
16.7

Federal surveys now give respondents the option of
reporting more than one race. Therefore, two basic
ways of defining a race group are possible. A group,
such as Asian, may be defined as those who reported
Asian and no other race (the race-alone or single-race
concept) or as those who reported Asian regardless of
whether they also reported another race (the racealone-or-in-combination concept). This table shows
data using the first approach (race alone). The use of
the single-race population does not imply that it is the
preferred method of presenting or analyzing data. The
Census Bureau uses a variety of approaches. Information on people who reported more than one race, such
as White and American Indian and Alaska Native, or
Asian and Black or African American, is available from
the 2010 Census through data.census.gov. About 2.9
percent of people reported more than one race in the
2010 Census.
1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey,
2020 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

27.2

24.3
17.1
13.3

8.5

6.0

In families

4.6

11.3
7.0

3.4

In marriedcouple
families

In femalehouse
holder
families

In malehouse
holder
families

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey,
2020 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.