Blog – Alternate sidebar | Economic Policy Institute https://www.epi.org Research and Ideas for Shared Prosperity Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:00:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://files.epi.org/uploads/cropped-EPI-favicon-32x32.webp Blog – Alternate sidebar | Economic Policy Institute https://www.epi.org 32 32 By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2013 https://www.epi.org/blog/numbers-income-poverty-2013/ Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:51:01 +0000 http://www.epi.org?p=72105&post_type=blog&preview_id=72105 Key numbers from today’s new Census report, Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013. All dollar values are adjusted for inflation (2013 dollars).

Income

  • -$7,337  (-11.2%)
     The decline in median non-elderly household income from 2000 to 2013 in level terms and percentage terms, respectively
  • $52,419 vs. $50,033
    Median earnings for a man working full time, full year in 1973 and 2013, respectively
  • $29,687 vs. $39,157
    Median earnings for a woman working full time, full year in 1973 and 2013, respectively
  • -6.8% vs. -0.5%
    The decline since 2000 in median earnings for full time, full year workers age 25 or older with a college degree, men and women, respectively
  • 0.5% ($1,542)
    Income gains for the top 5 percent over 2009–2013 (this was the only income group to experience gains)
  • -$3,445  (-5.6%)
     The decline in median white, non-Hispanic household income from 2000 to 2013, in level terms and percentage terms, respectively
  • -$5,533  (-13.8%)
     The decline in median African American household income from 2000 to 2013, in level terms and percentage terms, respectively
  • -$3,904  (-8.7%)
     The decline in median Hispanic household income from 2000 to 2013, in level terms and percentage terms, respectively

Poverty

  • 14.5% (-0.5 ppt)
    The share of the population in poverty in 2013 and the decline from 2012
  • 19.9% (-1.9 ppt)
    The percent of children under 18 in poverty in 2013 and the decline from 2012
  • 45.3 million
    The number of people in poverty in 2013 (not a significant change from 2012)
  • $23,624
    The poverty threshold for a family of four with two children
  • 43.8%
    The share of the poor population in “deep poverty,” or below half the poverty line, in 2013
  • 14.7 million
    The increase in the number of people age 65 and older who would be in poverty if Social Security payments were excluded from money income (this would increase the number of elderly in poverty in 2013 by nearly 350%)
  • 1.2 million
     The number of people unemployment insurance kept out of poverty in 2013
  • 3.7 million
     How many fewer people would be in poverty if food stamps (SNAP) were added to money income in 2013

 

]]> By the Numbers: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage 2012 https://www.epi.org/blog/numbers-income-poverty-health-insurance/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:54:23 +0000 http://www.epi.org/?post_type=blog&p=55036 Key numbers from today’s new Census report, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2012.

Income

  • $7,490 (-11.6%)
     The decline in median non-elderly household income from 2000 to 2012 in level terms and percentage terms, respectively
  • $51,668 vs. $49,398
    Median earnings for a man working full time, full year in 1973 and 2012, respectively
  • $29,261 vs. $37,791
    Median earnings for a female working full time, full year in 1973 and 2012, respectively
  • -5.2% vs. -0.8%
    The decline over the last decade in median earnings for full time, full year workers age 25 or more with a college degree, men and women, respectively
  • 0.6% ($1,846)
    Income gains for top 5 percent over 2009-12, only income group with improvement
  • $3,822 (-6.3%)
     The decline in median white, non-Hispanic household income from 2000 to 2012 in level terms and percentage terms, respectively
  • $5,838 (-14.8%)
     The decline in median African-American household income from 2000 to 2012 in level terms and percentage terms, respectively
  • $5,219 (-11.8%)
     The decline in median Hispanic household income from 2000 to 2012 in level terms and percentage terms, respectively

Poverty

  • 15.0%
    The share of the population in poverty in 2012
  • 21.8%
    The percent of children under 18 in poverty
  • 46.5 million
    The number of people in poverty in 2012
  • $23,283
    The poverty threshold for a family of four with two children
  • 43.9%
    The share of the poor population in “deep poverty,” or below half the poverty link
  • 15.3 million
    The increase in the number of people aged 65 and older who would be in poverty if Social Security payments were excluded from money income, close to quadrupling the number of elderly people in poverty in 2012
  • 1.7 million
     The number of people unemployment insurance kept out of poverty in 2012
  • 4 million
     How many fewer people would be in poverty if food stamps (SNAP) were added to money income in 2012

Health insurance coverage

  • 47.3 million
     The number of people under 65 without any health insurance in 2012, down from 47.9 million in 2011
  • 13.7 million
     The decline in the number of people under 65 with employer-sponsored health insurance from 2000–2012
  • 10.8 percentage points
     The decline in the share of the under 65 population with employer-sponsored health insurance from 2000-2012
  • 25.4 million
    The increase in the number of people under 65 on government insurance (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid) from 2000 to 2012; government insurance accounts for the increase in overall coverage from 2011 to 2012, an increase of 379,000 over the year
  • 0.5 percent
    The increase in employer-sponsored health insurance among 19-25 year olds, 2009 to 2012, the only group which saw this rate increase as their employment-to-populations ratio fell the most—almost surely due to the ACA provision to allow young adults to secure coverage through their parents’ employer-sponsored insurance policies
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