On September 13, the Census Bureau released findings from the Current Population Survey, including new national data on poverty, income and health insurance coverage in the United States. On September 22, Census released new socioeconomic, housing and demographic data from the 2010 American Community Survey, which includes estimates for all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and every congressional district. On November 7, the Census released preliminary Supplemental Poverty Measure estimates.
Spotlight has gathered the following resources to help journalists, policymakers and advocates locate timely analysis, statements and events examining the new figures. Additional resources will be listed as they become available. To add your organization as a resource in this guide, please contact Tamanna Mansury at Tamanna@thehatchergroup.com. In addition to this resource guide, Spotlight is coordinating a campaign on Twitter.com to highlight the importance of the new Census Bureau figures and raise awareness of poverty in the United States. The goal is to get as many people and organizations as possible to tweet about the new national poverty numbers. If your organization has a Twitter account, Spotlight asks that you tweet about the release of the data using the #povertydata hashtag. |
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FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU
Census Bureau Announces Findings for Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage
Census Releases 2010 American Community SurveyCensus Releases Supplemental Poverty Measure Research
STATEMENTS BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
FROM SPOTLIGHT
NEWS ROUND-UP
Read the latest news articles on the new poverty data
REPORTS & ANALYSIS
American Human Development Project
Carsey Institute
Center for American Progress
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Robert Greenstein, President, on Census' 2010 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data,
Sept. 13, 2011
- Deep Poverty on the Rise, Arloc Sherman, September 22, 2011
Poverty and Financial Distress Would Have Been Substantially Worse in 2010 Without Government Action, New Census Data Show, Arloc Sherman, November 7, 2011
Children's Leadership Council
Coalition on Human Needs
- First Look: The Great Recession Has Not Ended for the Poor and Uninsured, September 13, 2011
- Statement: The Recession Has Not Ended for the Poor and Uninsured, September 13, 2011
- Percentage of People Whose Income in the Previous 12 Months is Below the Poverty Level (2006-2010), September 22, 2011
- Percentage of Children Under 18 Whose Income in the Previous 12 Months is Below the Poverty Level (2006-2010), September 22, 2011
- Percentage of all People without Health Insurance Coverage (2006-2010), September 22, 2011
- Percentage of Children Under 18 with No Health Insurance Coverage (2006-2010), Sept. 22, 2011
Economic Policy Institute
Food Research and Action CenterHalf in Ten
- New Poverty Data Requires Urgent Response to Create Jobs and Opportunity, Sept. 13, 2011
- Interactive Map: 2010 Poverty Data by Congressional District, Sept. 22, 2011
- Interactive Map: 2010 Poverty Data by State, Sept. 22, 2011
- What’s at stake: Safety Net Programs Help Struggling Americans in Every State, Oct. 4, 2011
- Melissa Boteach on the Census’s New Supplemental Poverty Measure, Nov. 7, 2011
Institute for Research on Poverty
National Association for State Community Service Programs
National Employment Law Project
National Women's Law Center
- Health Insurance Numbers Remain Bleak, but the Affordable Care Act Provides Hope, Danielle Garrett, September 14, 2011
- Poverty among Women and Families, 2000-2010: Extreme Poverty Reaches Record Levels as Congress Faces Critical Choices, September 2011
- State Poverty Numbers Reveal Bleak Situation for Women and Their Families, Katherine Gallagher Robbins, September 22, 2011
- No Matter the State, the Wage Gap Persists, Abby Lane, September 22, 2011
- State-by-State Poverty Data from the 2010 Census, September 22, 2011
New America Foundation
Pew Research Center
The Brookings Institution Tax Credits for Working Families
The Heritage Foundation
The Working Poor Families Project
Sargent Shriver National Center for Poverty Law
Social IMPACT Research Center--Heartland Alliance
Urban Institute
- Workshop on State Poverty Measurement Using the American Community Survey, David Betson, Linda Giannarelli and Sheila R. Zedlewski, September 13, 2011
- Poverty in the United States, Austin Nichols, September 13, 2011
- Unemployment and Poverty, Austin Nichols and Thomas Callan, September 13, 2011
Voices for America's Children
Women of Color Policy Network
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