Economics and Statistics Administration

This report presents data on income and poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2016 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the U. S. Census Bureau. Summary of findings: - Real median household income increased 5.2 percent between 2014 and 2015. This is the firstannual increase in median household income since 2007.- The number of full-time, year round workers increased by 2.4 million in 2015.- The official poverty rate decreased by 1.2 percentage points between 2014 and 2015.- The number of people in poverty fell by 3.5 million between 2014 and 2015.

American households include a variety of living arrangements. Recent trends in increased life expectancy, single parent families, and femaleemployment, increase the potential for grandparents to play an important role in the lives of their grandchildren. Increases in grandparentsliving with grandchildren are one way that the grandparent role has changed. This report explores the complexity of households in which grandparents and grandchildren live together. It uses data from the 2010 Census, the American Community Survey (ACS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). Itcapitalizes on the strengths of each of these data sources to provide a more complete picture of households containing grandparents andgrandchildren. This report contains five sections: (1) an overview of households with coresident grandparents and grandchildren; (2) historical changes in coresidence of grandparents and grandchildren; (3) characteristics of grandchildren who live with a grandparent; (4) characteristics of grandparentswho live with grandchildren; and (5) a comparison of coresident grandparents to grandparents who do not live with their grandchildren

This report presents data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2013 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the U. S. Census Bureau. Summary of findings: - Real median household income in 2012 was not statistically different from the 2011 median income. - The poverty rate in 2012 was not statistically different from 2011. - The percentage of people without health insurance decreased between 2011 and 2012, while the number of uninsured in 2012 was not statistically different from 2011.