By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2020

September 14, 2021 By Jori Kandra and Daniel Perez Blog

By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2019

September 15, 2020 By Zane Mokhiber and Jori Kandra Blog

By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2018

September 10, 2019 By Melat Kassa and Zane Mokhiber Blog

Digging into the 2017 ACS: Improved income growth for Native Americans, but lots of variation in the pace of recovery for different Asian ethnic groups

September 14, 2018 By Valerie Wilson Blog

Poverty declined in most states in 2017

September 13, 2018 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Blog

Household incomes in 2017 stayed on existing trends in most states; incomes in 21 states are still below their pre-recession levels

September 13, 2018 By Julia Wolfe and David Cooper Blog

Government programs kept tens of millions out of poverty in 2017

September 12, 2018 By Jessica Schieder and Julia Wolfe Blog

10 years after the start of the Great Recession, black and Asian households have yet to recover lost income

September 12, 2018 By Valerie Wilson Blog

Black workers have made no progress in closing earnings gaps with white men since 2000

September 12, 2018 By Elise Gould, Janelle Jones, and Zane Mokhiber Blog

Household income growth slowed markedly in 2017 and was stronger for those at the top, while earnings declined slightly

September 12, 2018 By Elise Gould and Julia Wolfe Blog

By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2017

September 12, 2018 By Jessica Schieder and Zane Mokhiber Blog

Well-worn patterns of inequality reemerge in Census data for 2017

September 12, 2018 Economic Indicators

Poverty declines in most states in 2016

September 14, 2017 By Janelle Jones and Julia Wolfe Blog

Incomes continued to rise in 2016 in four out of five states

September 14, 2017 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Blog

Poverty declined modestly in 2016; government programs continued to keep tens of millions out of poverty

September 12, 2017 By David Cooper and Julia Wolfe Blog

New census data show strong 2016 earnings growth across-the-board, with black and Hispanic workers seeing the fastest growth for second consecutive year

September 12, 2017 By Valerie Wilson Blog

Income growth in 2016 is strong, but not as strong as 2015 and more uneven

September 12, 2017 By Elise Gould and Julia Wolfe Blog

By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2016

September 12, 2017 By David Cooper and Jessica Schieder Blog

Nationwide increases in income are visible at the state level

September 15, 2016 By Janelle Jones Blog

Poverty rates decrease throughout the states in 2015

September 15, 2016 By Janelle Jones Blog

New Census data show strong 2015 earnings growth across the board, with black and Hispanic workers seeing the fastest growth

September 13, 2016 By Valerie Wilson Blog

Poverty declined in 2015 by all measures; government programs, once again, kept millions above the poverty line

September 13, 2016 By David Cooper, Elise Gould, and Jessica Schieder Blog

Income gains in 2015 don’t reverse long-run trend toward greater inequality

September 13, 2016 By Elise Gould Blog

By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2015

September 13, 2016 By Elise Gould and Jessica Schieder Blog

Superb income growth in 2015 nearly single-handedly restored incomes lost in the Great Recession

September 13, 2016 By Lawrence Mishel and Teresa Kroeger Blog

What to watch for in the Census income and poverty data

September 9, 2016 By Elise Gould Blog

In Virtually Every State, the Poverty Rate is Still Higher than Before the Recession

September 18, 2015 By David Cooper Blog

State-Level Data Show Incomes Continue to Stagnate in Households Across the Map

September 18, 2015 By David Cooper Blog

New Census Data Show No Progress in Closing Stubborn Racial Income Gaps

September 16, 2015 By Valerie Wilson Blog

By the Numbers: Income and Poverty, 2014

September 16, 2015 By Elise Gould and Tanyell Cooke Blog

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