Contents
Income, hardship and health insurance data by State, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and Congressional District
Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2023 Kids Count Data Book
Household Pulse: Recent information on difficulty purchasing food, affording rent, and paying for utilities
Comparisons Over Time
Webinar: CHN's Guide to Using Census and Other Data to Track Poverty, Hardship and the Impact of Aid
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Reports on the harmful impacts of cuts
Center for American Progress: Poverty Data Map Tool
ZERO TO THREE: State of Babies Yearbook 2022
The White House: State fact sheets
Congressional Research Service
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Association of State Budget Officers

Here you’ll find information from multiple surveys on health insurance, income, housing burden, and more. The Coalition on Human Needs has formatted much of the data available from sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau to make the information as accessible for human needs advocates as possible. Where available we have also included breakdowns of the data by select demographics. We hope the information will be useful in your own work, and urge you to cite the data in your social media posts and communications with your elected officials.

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 to share data about your community with Congressional offices.

Poverty rates by State:

Poverty rates by Congressional district:

Poverty rates by Metropolitan statistical area (cites):

Poverty rates by school enrollment by State and Congressional district: 

Kinship by State and Congressional district: 

Median income by State and Congressional district:

Poverty among eligible electorate (voting age population), by State and Congressional district:

Disability by age by poverty, by State: 

Disability by age by poverty, by Congressional district: 

Housing cost burden: 

Housing cost burden (owner), by Race and Ethnicity: 

Housing cost burden (renter), by Race and Ethnicity: 

Severe housing cost burden by State: 

Severe housing cost burden by Congressional district:

Housing tenure by State: 

Housing tenure by Congressional district: 

Health insurance data by Race and Ethnicity and State: 

Health Insurance by Race and Ethnicity and Congressional district: 

Health insurance by Race and Ethnicity and Metropolitan Statistical Area: 

Health Insurance by age by ratio of income to poverty, by insurance type and State:

Below 50% of Poverty:

Between 50% and 99% of Poverty:

Between 100% and 137% of Poverty:

Between 138% and 149% of Poverty:

Between 149% and 199% of Poverty:

Health insurance by age by ratio of income to poverty, by insurance type and Congressional district: 

Below 50% of Poverty:

Between 50% and 99% of Poverty:

Between 100% and 137% of Poverty:

Between 138% and 149% Poverty:

Between 149% and 199% of Poverty:

Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2023 Kids Count Data Book

Includes links to narrative text, a focus on child care, auxiliary tables

Links to 50 State Data Profiles on Child Well-Being in English and Spanish

Household Pulse: Recent information on difficulty purchasing food, affording rent, and paying for utilities

 

Below, find select tables from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey Week 57, spanning April 26 – May 8, 2023. These tables have been modified by the Coalition on Human Needs to find percentages among respondents reporting need (leaving out non-respondents, as the Census Bureau recommends). To see the original tables, follow this link here.

 

A note of caution:  some sample sizes, especially within states or metro areas, are too small to be reliable. If you see extreme shifts in the food comparisons for a small subset of the population, we would encourage you not to use those comparisons.

You can copy and paste from the tables below, but if you’d like to manipulate the data directly, you’ll need to download a copy of the table. We’ve provided a direct download link to an Excel version of each of these tables. To calculate percentages for other rows, add together the full range of responses (leaving out the numbers in the “Total” column and the “Did not report” column).  For the Food 1 table, add together the cells for “sometimes” or “often” not having enough food.  Divide that sum by the number in the “Total Reporting” cell and convert to a percentage.

If you’re having trouble seeing the tables we have provided, you may download the spreadsheets directly using the provided hyperlinks. If you are still having issues, or if you have any other questions, contact Nicolai Haddal: nhaddal@chn.org.

Note: Upon loading, it may be necessary to use the scrollbars on the right and bottom of the box to adjust your view.

Food Table 1, April 26 – May 8, 2023 (Week 57): Food Sufficiency for Households, in the Last 7 Days, by Select Characteristics

To find data for your state or metropolitan area in the table below, go to the bottom of the table to the row showing state abbreviations. Click the right arrow in the bottom left until you get to the state or metropolitan area you’d like to access; click on the state/metro area to pull up that table.  For all tables, you can scroll down to see all the rows and/or use your keyboard directional arrows to see all the columns.

Download a copy of this table here.

Household Spending Table 1 April 26 – May 8, 2023 (Week 57): Difficulty Paying Usual Household Expenses in the Last 7 Days, by Select Characteristics

To find data for your state or metropolitan area in the table below, go to the bottom of the table to the row showing state abbreviations. Click the right arrow in the bottom left until you get to the state or metropolitan area you’d like to access; click on the state/metro area to pull up that table.  For all tables, you can scroll down to see all the rows and/or use your keyboard directional arrows to see all the columns.

Download a copy of this table here.

Housing Table 1b April 26 – May 8, 2023 (Week 57): Last Month’s Payment Status for Renter-Occupied Housing Units, by Select Characteristics

To find data for your state or metropolitan area in the table below, go to the bottom of the table to the row showing state abbreviations. Click the right arrow in the bottom left until you get to the state or metropolitan area you’d like to access; click on the state/metro area to pull up that table.  For all tables, you can scroll down to see all the rows and/or use your keyboard directional arrows to see all the columns.

Download a copy of this table here.

Housing Table 4 April 26 – May 8, 2023 (Week 57): Household Energy Use and Spending in the last 12 Months, by Select Characteristics

To find data for your state or metropolitan area in the table below, go to the bottom of the table to the row showing state abbreviations. Click the right arrow in the bottom left until you get to the state or metropolitan area you’d like to access; click on the state/metro area to pull up that table.  For all tables, you can scroll down to see all the rows and/or use your keyboard directional arrows to see all the columns.

Download a copy of this table here.

Education Table 2 April 26 – May 8, 2023 (Week 57): Paying for Childcare and Cost in the Last 7 Days, by Select Characteristics

To find data for your state or metropolitan area in the table below, go to the bottom of the table to the row showing state abbreviations. Click the right arrow in the bottom left until you get to the state or metropolitan area you’d like to access; click on the state/metro area to pull up that table.  For all tables, you can scroll down to see all the rows and/or use your keyboard directional arrows to see all the columns.

Download a copy of this table here.

Older Household Pulse Survey Releases

Comparisons Over Time

Change in those reporting sometimes or often not having enough to eat: August 4-30, 2021 vs July 27- Sept 26, 2022

This table compares the average of respondents reporting sometimes or often not having enough to eat in the previous week between two periods: August 4 – 30, 2021 (when most families with children were receiving the monthly Child Tax Credit), and July 27 – September 26, 2022 (after the CTC was discontinued and prices were rising). To find information for your state or metropolitan area, scroll down through the list. States are ordered first, followed by metropolitan areas.

Note: The numbers 35, 36, 48, and 49 in the table correspond to the following Census Household Pulse releases:

Download a copy of this table here.

Webinar: CHN’s Guide to Using Census and Other Data to Track Poverty, Hardship and the Impact of Aid

Need a primer on the types of poverty data the Census Bureau releases annually in the American Community Survey and Current Population Survey? See a captioned recording of our most recent annual poverty data webinar here, and follow along using the slides here. Slides 50 and onward show you how to access the data online.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Reports on the harmful impacts of cuts

Center for American Progress: Poverty Data Map Tool

The Center for American Progress has created an interactive map that you can use to explore more than a dozen topics that measure the health of the economy at the state and national levels. Topics include:

  • Official poverty rate
  • Child poverty rate
  • High school graduation rate
  • Unemployment rate
  • Gender wage gap
  • Children living apart from parents
  • Teen birth rate

See the map at this link here.

ZERO TO THREE: State of Babies Yearbook 2022

Learn how your state measures up on indicators related to good health, strong families, and positive early learning experiences.

The White House: State fact sheets

Congressional Research Service

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

National Association of State Budget Officers

Federal funding as percent of total state spending, FY22: