Data & Resources
The Impact of the Budget Debate on Your State: An Advocate’s Guide to Helpful Resources, CHN (Updated 10/10/11)
- See also: State-by-State Resources
US Census Bureau: 2010 American Community Survey, Single Year Estimates (9/22/11)
US Census Bureau: 2010 American Community Survey, Highlights (9/22/11)
Coalition on Human Needs Declares the Recession is Not Over for a Record-Breaking 46.2 Million Poor Americans, CHN Statement (9/13/11)
First Look: The Great Recession Has Not Ended for the Poor and Uninsured – 46 Million Poor; 50 Million Uninsured in 2010, compiled by CHN (9/13/11)
Poverty Data Resource Guide, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity (9/13/11)
SAVE for All Website: An extensive compilation of material about the economy, poverty, jobs, and threats to needed services
American Community Survey Data:
- Percentage of People Whose Income in the Previous 12 Months is Below the Poverty Level (2006-2010), Compiled by CHN
- Percentage of Children Under 18 Whose Income in the Previous 12 Months is Below the Poverty Level (2006-2010), Compiled by CHN
- Percentage of All People Without Health Insurance Coverage (Civilian noninstitutionalized population) (2006-2010), Compiled by CHN
- Percentage of Children Under 18 with no Health Insurance Coverage (Civilian noninstitutionalized population) (2006-2010), Compiled by CHN
Current Population Survey State and Local Data:
Poverty & Income
- People and Families in Poverty by Selected Characteristics: 2009 and 2010
- Percentage of People in Poverty by State Using 2- and 3- year Averages: 2007-2008 and 2009-2010
- People With Income Below Specified Ratios of Their Poverty Thresholds by Selected Characteristics: 2010
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: State Poverty, 2009/2010 compared to 2006/2007, 2010 Current Population Survey
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: State Poverty, 2009/2010 compared to 1999/2000, 2010 Current Population Survey
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: State Median Income, 2009/2010 compared to 2006/2007, 2010 Current Population Survey
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: State Median Income, 2009/2010 compared to 1999/2000, 2010 Current Population Survey
Health Insurance
- Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics: 2010
- Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by Selected Characteristics for Children Under 18 (All Children): 2010
- Number and Percentage of People Without Health Insurance Coverage by State Using 2- and 3-Year Averages: 2007-2008 and 2009-2010
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Under 65 Covered by Medicaid by State, 2000-2010, 2010 Current Population Survey
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Children Covered by Medicaid by State, 2000-2010, 2010 Current Population Survey
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Under 65 Uninsured by State, 2000-2010, 2010 Current Population Survey
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Uninsured Children by State, 2000-2010, 2010 Current Population Survey
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Under 65 with Employer Health Insurance by State, 2000-2010, 2010 Current Population Survey
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Children with Employer Health Insurance by State, 2000-2010, 2010 Current Population Survey
Timetable for Release of the 2010 Data
September 13
Current Population Survey (CPS) national and state data on income, poverty, and health insurance.
September 22
American Community Survey (ACS) poverty and income data for state, locality, county, and congressional district. Also lots of other social, demographic and housing data (including education, immigrant status, racial/ethnic breakdowns, family composition, disability status).
Tools
Tell Congress that Rising Poverty Rates are Unacceptable with this Emailable Letter.
CHN Letter-to-the-Editor Package with Sample LTEs (Updated 9/22/11)
NWLC: State-By-State Poverty Data from the 2010 Census (9/23/11)
Feeding America: Map the Gap (9/23/11)
Citizens for Tax Justice: Policy Options to Raise Revenue (9/23/11)
Half in Ten: Interactive Map: 2010 Poverty Data by State (9/22/11)
Half in Ten: Interactive Map: 2010 Poverty Data by Congressional District (9/22/11)
Audio Briefings:
Wake Up Call to the Nation Webinar
- Audio Presentation (1 hour, 14 minutes)
- Presentation Slides
