Blog: The Fine Print

Census Releases Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Numbers

by Craig Jennings, 8/28/2007

Inequality and Poverty, Revenue & Spending
Income, Poverty, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006
  • The poverty rate declined from 12.6% in 2005 to 12.3% in 2006. The number of people living in poverty has remained constant at 36.5 million
  • Household median income in 2006 increased 0.7% to $48,200 from $47,845 in 2005
  • The number and percent of those without health insurance increased to 47.0 million, or 15.8% from 44.8 million, or 15.3%
Slides from the Census's presentation can be found here, and speaker's remarks from the presentation can be found here
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