See this blog post explaining how to use the tables below: A Wealth of Data for your Advocacy and use our budget and tax toolkit for local groups (Fall 2024) to share data about your community with Congressional offices.

Poverty rates by State:

• Poverty Rates by Age and State, 2023
• Poverty Rates by Race/Ethnicity and State, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Children Below Age 5, by Race and State, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Children Below Age 18, by Race and State, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Working Age Adults Age 18-64, by Race and State, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Older Adults Age 65+, by Race and State, 2023

Poverty rates by Congressional district:

• Poverty Rates by Age and Congressional District, 2023
• Poverty Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Congressional District, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Children Below Age 5, by Race and Congressional District, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Children Below Age 18, by Race and Congressional District, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Working Age Adults Age 18-64, by Race and Congressional District, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Older Adults Age 65+, by Race and Congressional District, 2023

Poverty rates by Metropolitan statistical area (cites):

• Poverty Rates by Age and Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2023
• Poverty Rates by Race/Ethnicity and Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Children Below Age 5, by Race and Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Children Below Age 18, by Race and Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Working Age Adults Age 18-64, by Race and Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2023
• Poverty Rates Among Older Adults Age 65+, by Race and Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2023

Poverty rates by school enrollment by State and Congressional district: 

• Poverty Rates by School Enrollment, by State, 2023
• Poverty Rates by School Enrollment, by Congressional District, 2023

Kinship by State and Congressional district: 

• Grandparents Living with Grandchildren Under Age 18, by Poverty Status and State, 2023
• Grandparents Living with Grandchildren Under Age 18, by Poverty Status and Congressional District, 2023

Census Poverty Data: Reports and Analysis from CHN, CHN Member Groups, and Allies

• First Look table: Steep Losses in Child Tax Credit and Food Aid Push Millions Into Poverty. Coalition on Human Needs.
• What we can learn from the new poverty and health insurance data out this week, CHN.
• Budget and Tax Toolkit for Local Groups, CHN. 
• Social Media Toolkit for Poverty Data and the Child Tax Credit, CHN. 
• Issue Brief: U.S. Child Poverty in 2023, First Focus on Children.
• Child Development Research Hub, First Focus on Children.
• What Could 2023 Child Poverty Rates Have Looked Like Had an Expanded Child Tax Credit Still Been in Place? Columbia University, Center on Poverty & Social Policy.
• Census Data Show Income Growth and Steady Health Coverage, With Significant Work to Do to Bring Down Poverty, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
• Analyzing the Census Bureau’s 2023 Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Data, CBPP.
• 2023 Poverty Rate Points to Policy Gaps Amidst Economic Strength, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).
• Frustrating but not surprising: Census poverty data show more advocacy is needed, RESULTS. Also see their online media templates to share the Census data in local papers.
• New U.S. Census Bureau data shows “the decades-long war on poverty still has a long way to go.”, Oxfam America.
• National Community Action Partnership: Measuring Poverty in America: History, Alternatives, and Solutions
• Census Data Underscores Need for Expanded CTC, Other Family Supports—Even in a Strong Economy, the Center for the Study of Social Policy.
• America’s Women and the Wage Gap and The Wage GAP #IRL (In Real Life) for Women of Color, National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF).
• WEBINAR: What we can learn from the new poverty and health insurance data, CHN.
  • Presentation slides and resources from panelists:
    • Chris Wimer | Center on Poverty and Social Policy at the Columbia University School of Social Work– Monthly Poverty Tracker
    • Stan Dorn | UnidosUS: Presentation
    • Deborah Weinstein | CHN: Presentation and instructions on accessing ACS data.
• Census Bureau data out this week: What to expect and how CHN can help, CHN.
• Cutting Child Poverty in Half and More: Pandemic-Era Lessons From Child and Family Advocates and Organizers, CLASP. 
• Household Food Security in the United States in 2023, Economic Research Service- USDA
• USDA Food Security Report Highlights Startling Hunger Crisis in America, Food Research & Action Center.
• Statement on USDA’s Household Food Security in the United States in 2023 Report, Feeding America
• Food Insecurity Rises for the Second Year in a Row, CBPP.
• Bread “Dismayed” by Rise in US Food Insecurity, Bread for the World.

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 10. 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.