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Press Release | December 10, 2020

Census Bureau Releases New American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

For the first time, data from the 2015-2019 ACS will allow users to compare three nonoverlapping sets of 5-year data: 2005-2009, 2010-2014 and 2015-2019.

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Press Release | December 10, 2020

La Encuesta sobre la Comunidad Estadounidense: 2015-2019

For the first time, data from the 2015-2019 ACS will allow users to compare three nonoverlapping sets of 5-year data: 2005-2009, 2010-2014 and 2015-2019.

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Press Release | December 08, 2020

Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates

In 2019, the median estimated poverty rate for school-age children was 13.9% for all school districts.

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Publication | September 17, 2020

Household Income: 2019

This brief uses the 2018 and 2019 American Community Surveys (ACS) 1-year estimates to report changes in median household income and the Gini index.

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Publication | September 15, 2020

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019

This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2018 and earlier CPS ASEC.

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Publication | July 21, 2020

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Receipt for Households: 2018

This report presents data on SNAP receipt during 2018 at the national and state levels based on the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates.

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Table | September 2018

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017

These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2018 and earlier CPS ASEC.

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Table | September 2017

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2016

These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2017 and earlier CPS ASEC.

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Table | September 2016

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015

These tables present data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2016 and earlier CPS ASEC.

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Working Paper | October 06, 2020

Benchmarking the Redesigned Survey of Income and Program Participation

This poster compares estimates of social insurance and pension income in SIPP, National Income and Product Accounts, and administrative records.

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Working Paper | September 15, 2020

Coronavirus Infects Surveys, Too: Nonresponse Bias During the Pandemic in the CPS ASEC

This paper evaluates how response in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) was affected by COVID-19.

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Working Paper | October 02, 2019

The Administrative Income Statistics (AIS) Project: Research on the Use of Administrative Records to Improve Income and Resource Estimates

We review research on mis-reporting and non-response bias in income surveys. We discuss research needed to use administrative data to reduce these biases.

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