2019 American Community Survey Statistics Available

The U.S. Census Bureau released a detailed look at America’s people, places and economy with statistics on income, poverty, health insurance, employment, families and more than 40 other topics from the American Community Survey (ACS).

Many large metropolitan areas saw an increase in income and a decrease in poverty rates between 2018 and 2019. Young adults 26 years old had the highest uninsured rate among all single years of age.

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Census Bureau Data Visualizations on the ACS and Data Tools:

• What Can You Learn About States from the American Community Survey?

• What Can You Learn About Metro Areas from the American Community Survey?

• 2019 ACS Data Wheel

• See Census Bureau data tools

Over 90 Percent of Households Have Been Counted in the 2020 Census

The U.S. Census Bureau began to release daily 2020 Census housing unit completion rates including the 2020 Census self-response rate and Nonresponse Followup completion rate.

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Special Operations to Count People Experiencing Homelessness

The U.S. Census Bureau will begin the special operations to count people experiencing homelessness in communities across the country on Sept. 22. Specially trained census takers will count people Sept. 22-24 at shelters, soup kitchens and mobile food van stops in an operation called Service-Based Enumeration (SBE). Census takers will count people who live outdoors, in transit stations, and at other locations where people are known to sleep in an operation called Targeted Non-Sheltered Outdoor Locations (TNSOL).

Use Census Bureau Data Tools to Get Information About Your State:

• data.census.gov
• Census Business Builder (Version 3.1)
• QuickFacts (See What’s New)
• My Congressional District
• My Tribal Area
• Community Resilience Estimates
• COVID-19 Data Hub (Version 1.4)

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Stats for Stories and Facts for Features provide links to timely newsworthy statistics that relate to observances, holidays, anniversaries, and current events.

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Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2019

Median household income in 2019 increased 6.8% from 2018, and the official poverty rate decreased 1.3 percentage points. The percentage of people with health insurance coverage for all or part of 2019 was 92.0% and 8.0% of people, or 26.1 million, did not have health insurance at any point during 2019.

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Was Household Income the Highest Ever in 2019?

The U.S. median household income was $68,703 in 2019, 6.8% higher than in 2018.

That’s the highest median U.S. household income since we began recording it. But the COVID-19 pandemic affected who responded potentially biasing the estimate upward.

So, was household income last year really the highest on record?

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New & Notable:

• Video: How to Use the COVID-19 Data Hub
• 2020 Hurricane Sally Resources

• Census Bureau Releases New Report on Aging in Africa

• Blog: Getting a Census Taker Visit When You’ve Already Responded
• Poverty Rates for Blacks and Hispanics Reached Historic Lows in 2019
• 15% of Same-Sex Couples Have Children in Their Household
• More Young Adults Lived with Their Parents in 2019

• Visualization: 2019 Median Household Income in the United States

• A Profile of the Retail Workforce
• Same-Sex Married Couples Have Higher Incomes Than Opposite-Sex Married Couples
• Food Trucks: One Way to Eat Out During Pandemic

Recent Releases:

• Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 2 Weekly Data Release

• Household Pulse Survey Phase 2 Biweekly Data Release

• Census Bureau Releases Final State Data From the Economic Census

• 2019 American Housing Survey Data Now Available

• Annual Data Challenge Expo Highlights Creative Use of Census Bureau Data

• Migration Flows Data Available for Counties, Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Minor Civil Divisions

• 2020 Census Paid Temporary Workers
• Health Insurance Dynamics in the Survey of Income and Program Participation: 2013-2014