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On September 12, 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--the first in a series of data released this fall. On September 20, the Census released new socioeconomic, housing and demographic data from the 2011 American Community Survey, which includes estimates for all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and every congressional district. On November 14, the Census released its second year of 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. Click here to access last year’s resources on the 2010 data.
In addition to this resource guide,
Spotlight is participating in a national Twitter conversation 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 #TalkPoverty hashtag.
FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU
STATEMENTS FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
FROM SPOTLIGHT
NEWS ROUND-UP
Read the latest news articles on the new poverty data
REPORTS, ANALYSES EVENTS
Bread for the World Institute
The Brookings Institution
Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire Center for American Progress
- CAP President Neera Tanden on 2011 Poverty, Income, and Health Coverage Numbers, September 12, 2012
- Latest Data Show Incomes Continue Downward as Inequality Rises, Heather Boushey and Jane Farrell, September 12, 2012
- 5 Things You Need to Know About the 2011 Poverty Data, Melissa Boteach, September 12, 2012
- New Poverty Data Provide Key Insights into Fiscal Cliff Negotiations, Melissa Boteach, November 14, 2012
Center for Law and Social Policy
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Declines in Unemployment Benefits and Government Employment Shaped Poverty Trends in 2011, Preliminary Data Suggest, Arloc Sherman and Danilo Trisi, September 7, 2012
- What to Look for in Wednesday’s Poverty Data — And What the Official Data Won’t Tell Us, Arloc Sherman, September 10, 2012
- A Timely Reminder: Improvements in the Safety Net Have Dampened the Rise in Poverty, Arloc Sherman, September 11, 2012
- Sept. 12 Conference Call: Examining the New 2011 Census Data on Poverty, Health Insurance Coverage, and Income The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities will hold a conference call briefings for journalists to examine the newly released data from the CPS. The call will begin at 1:30 p.m. EST. Click here for more information.
- Statement of Robert Greenstein, President, on Census’ 2011 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data, September 12, 2012
- Income Inequality at Historically High Levels, Census Data Show, Jared Bernstein, September 12, 2012
- 2011’s Decline in Uninsured is Largest in 13 Years, but Median Income Fell, Inequality Widened, and Poverty Stayed Flat, Arloc Sherman and Danilo Trisi, September 17, 2012
- Antipoverty Programs Having Big Impact, New Government Poverty Measure Shows, Arloc Sherman, November 14, 2012
Center for the Study of Social Policy
Children's Defense Fund
Coalition on Human Needs
Economic Policy Institute
- By the Numbers: New Census Bureau Data on 2011 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Coverage, Elise Gould and Heidi Shierholz, September 12, 2012
- Already More than a Lost Decade: Poverty and Income Trends Continue to Paint a Bleak Picture, Elise Gould and Heidi Shierholz, September 12, 2012
- Hispanic and Single-Black-Father Families See Declines in Poverty, Algernon Austin, September 12, 2012
Food Research and Action Center
Half in Ten
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)
National Association for State Community Service Programs
National Center for Children in Poverty
National Council of La Raza
National Employment Law Project
National Women's Law Center
- Women’s Poverty Rate Stabilizes, But Remains Historically High, September 12, 2012
- For Single Elderly Women, Poverty Increased, Joan Entmacher, September 13, 2012
- Insecure and Unequal: Poverty and Income Among Women and Families, 2000-2011, September 17, 2012
- Poverty Rates by State, 2011, September 20, 2012
- Five Public Programs That Lift Millions of Women Out of Poverty, Abby Lane, November 14, 2012
New America Foundation
Pew Research Center
Oxfam America
PolicyforResults.org
RESULTS
Sargent Shriver National Center for Poverty Law
Tax Credits for Working Families
The Heritage Foundation
Urban Institute
- Poverty in the United States, Austin Nichols, September 12, 2012
- Poverty and Unemployment, Austin Nichols, September 12, 2012
- Poverty Higher in 2011, but Falling?, Austin Nichols, September 26, 2012
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