An expansive library of data on poverty by state, congressional district, and major metropolitan area. You can also find links to partners’ resources, and official data release from the U.S. Census Bureau. We hope the information will be useful in your own work, and urge you to cite the data in your social media posts and communications with your elected officials.
Census Poverty Data: Reports and Analysis from CHN, CHN Member Groups, and Partners
- CHN: First Look Data Summary Table and press statement: The Nation Gets a Warning: Federal Cuts to Basic Needs Programs Prevent Progress and Threaten More Uninsured – Far More Harm Ahead if Trillion Dollar Cuts are Not Reversed
- CHN: September 5 webinar recording and Instructions for Finding Data on the Census website
- Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University: 2024 Poverty Rates in Historical Perspective and What could 2024 child poverty rates have looked like had an expanded Child Tax Credit still been in place?
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Republican Megabill Will Erode Much of the Progress on Health Coverage and Push Poverty and Inequality Higher, Programs That Lifted Millions Out of Poverty in 2024 Have Been Cut or Proposed for Cuts, and Analyzing the Census Bureau’s 2024 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data
- Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP): Census Bureau Data Underscores Gender, Racial Disparities; Policy Decisions in 2025 Will Worsen Conditions for All
- Center for American Progress: Poverty in America Remained Flat in 2024 But Will Likely Rise as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Goes Into Effect and The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Will Increase the Number of Americans Without Health Coverage in Every State and Congressional District
- Economic Policy Institute: Ismael Cid Martínez’s Bluesky Thread: New Census 2024 income data show a mixed picture for families of color and The last two recessions have hit low-income families of color hard; Trump’s economic agenda will expose millions to even more pain when the next recession strikes
- Institute for Policy Studies: The 2024 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance data from the U.S. Census indicates some negative trends for families, even as it’s eclipsed by the devastation looming from the Reverse Robin Hood cuts in GOP spending bills
- Food Research and Action Center (FRAC): Poverty Report Underscores Immediate Action Needed to Repeal SNAP Cuts, Support Federal Nutrition Programs, Organizational Sign-On: Urge Congress to Cosponsor Upcoming Bill Repealing Recent SNAP Cuts, deadline: September 17, and action for individuals: Congress Must Take Immediate Action to Reverse Harmful SNAP Cuts
- MAZON: How Recent Republican Budget Cuts Will Impact Hunger and action: Hold Congress Accountable for Cuts to SNAP
- National Women’s Law Center: For the First Time Ever, Census Bureau Data Shows Gender Wage Gap Widening For a Second Year in a Row
- RESULTS Take action: The reconciliation bill’s negative impact is just beginning
U.S. Census Poverty Data: Official Documents
Note to readers: The U.S. Census Current Population Survey: Income, Poverty, Health Insurance for 2023 — Official & Supplemental Policy Measures was released on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. We are posting the data here on a rolling basis. In addition, the American Community Survey data will be released on Thursday, September 12. We will also post the data here.
- Census Bureau: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics Press Kit and 2024 ACS Data Release Schedule (with more information on the local data coming out on Thursday)