Our Sputtering Economy by the Numbers: Poverty Edition : Information Clearing House News.
Our Sputtering Economy by the Numbers: Poverty Edition
By Braden GoyetteSeptember 20, 2011 “ ProPublica” — Last month, we detailed the dismal state of the nation’s economy. Now that the Census Bureau has released new poverty figures, we wanted to give you another snapshot of how Americans are faring more than two years after the recession.Americans below the poverty line in 2010: 46.2 million Official U.S. poverty rate in 2007, before the recession: 12.5 percentPoverty rate in 2009: 14.3 percentPoverty rate in 2010: 15.1 percent
Last time the poverty level was this high: 1993 Poverty line in 2010: $22,314 for a family of four, or $11,139 for an individual Rough amount the poor are living on per week: $200 or less Poverty rate in American suburbs: 11.8 percent, the highest since 1967 Percentage of the population making less than half the poverty line in 2010: 6.7 percent Percentage of the population making less than half the poverty line in 2007, before the recession: 5.2 percent Poverty rate for white Americans in 2010: 13 percent Poverty rate for African-Americans in 2010: 27.4 percent Real median household income in 2010: $49,445 Decline in median household income since 2009: 2.3 percent Decline in median household income since before the recession: 6.4 percent The last time median household incomes have been this low: 1996 Real median household income in 1999, in 2010 dollars: $53,252 Median income for full-time male workers in 2010: $47,715 Median income for full-time male workers in 1973, in 2010 dollars: $49,065 Official unemployment rate in August 2011: 9.1 percent Total unemployed people in August: 14 million People who were employed part time for economic reasons in August 2011: 8.8 million People not counted in the labor force who wanted work: 2.6 million Net jobs created in August 2011: 0 Long-term unemployed people as of August 2011: 6 million Unemployed workers per job opening as of July 2011: 4.34 (3.2 million openings and 13.9 million unemployed people) Uninsured Americans in 2010: 49.9 million Percentage of Americans without health insurance in 2010: 16.3 percent Percentage of Americans without health insurance in 2007, before the recession: 15.3 percent Percentage of children who were uninsured in 2010: 9.8 percent Percentage of children in poverty who were uninsured in 2010: 15.4 percent Percentage of American households that had enough to eat throughout the year in 2007: 88.9 percent Percentage of American households that had enough to eat throughout the year in 2010: 85.5 percent |
