Poverty in America 2008 - Elderly
Chuck Simmins | August 26, 2008 |
The poverty rate for people over 65 was at a record low in 2006 and is at its second lowest for 2007.
Poverty in America 2008 - Women
Chuck Simmins | August 26, 2008 |
American women reached record wage parity with men in 2007. Women earned 77.8 cents for every dollar earned by men.
Poverty in America 2008 - Overview
Chuck Simmins | August 26, 2008 |
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its annual report Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007 [PDF].
Poverty in America 2008 - the Races
Chuck Simmins | August 26, 2008 |
The graphs show that the poverty rate for both minorities is at near record lows. For blacks, only three Clinton years and three Bush years are lower.
A similar pattern appears in the graph of the Hispanic poverty rate. 2006 had the lowest Hispanic poverty rate on record.
Poverty in America 2008
Chuck Simmins | August 19, 2008 |
The Census Bureau is scheduled to release its annual report titled “Income, Poverty, Health Insurance Coverage and American Community Survey: 2007″ on August 26, 2009. This will be the fourth year that America’s North Shore Journal has covered the report.
I’m Published
Chuck Simmins | September 4, 2007 |
Washington Examiner
Poverty in America 2006 - the Sexes
Chuck Simmins | August 29, 2007 |
This is the great untold story of the Bush Administration. Women have been at 77% parity with men for the last two years, a record parity. The entire Bush administration can boast of an average female parity of 76.5%, while Bill Clinton can only show an average of 72.7% during the first six years of [...]
Poverty in America 2006 - the Races
Chuck Simmins | August 29, 2007 |
INCOME LEVELS
2006
2000
1991
Black - over $25K
60.6%
61.0%
51.7%
Black - over $50K
32.3%
32.2%
24.5%
Hispanic - over $25K
68.2%
67.4%
60.4%
Hispanic - over $50K
36.7%
35.6%
28.7%
POVERTY LEVELS
2006
2000
1991
Black
24.2%
22.5%
32.7%
Hispanic
20.6%
21.5%
28.7%
Black poverty remains higher than other races. However, at its current rate, it is near a historical low. Until the mid 1990’s, the rate was over 30%. Only in the three Clinton boom years, 1999-2001, do we see the black poverty [...]
Poverty in America 2006 - Overview
Chuck Simmins | August 29, 2007 |
In 2006, the poverty rate was 12.3 %. Only three years since 1980 had a lower rate, 1999-2001.
TERM
AVG % ALL
AVG % FAMILIES
Reagan I
14.7
13.3
Reagan II
13.5
12.0
Bush 41
13.8
12.4
Clinton I
14.3
12.8
Clinton II
12.3
10.7
Bush 43 I
12.3
10.5
Bush 43 II
12.5
10.7
Average Poverty Rate - First Six Years of an Administration:
Reagan: 14.4%
Clinton: 13.9%
Bush 43: 12.3%
In 1981, 29.8% of Americans earned under $25,000 per year. In 2006, [...]
Poverty in America 2006
Chuck Simmins | August 29, 2007 |
The Census Bureau has issued its annual report titled Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 report [PDF]. As I have done for the last several years, I’ll pick at the report and provide you with dome information and graphs.
Here are the highlights from the press release:
About 9.8 percent (7.7 million) [...]
Equal Pay Day
Chuck Simmins | April 27, 2007 |
I missed this year’s Equal Pay Day, I guess. I’m unemployed so every day has an equal pay for me, $0.
The point of this day is to point out the difference between the incomes for working men and working women.
Via Michelle Malkin I learn that Hillary had a piece on a lefty blog on this [...]
Poverty in America 2005 - the Sexes
Chuck Simmins | August 30, 2006 |
UPDATE: [I forgot the link sigh]The Census Bureau has issued its annual report on poverty in the United States.
This is a statistic that the Bush Administration should be shouting from the roof tops. Record wage parity for women, .77:1, 77%. Wage parity between women and men is at record levels under the Bush administration. Bush’s [...]
Poverty in America 2005 - the Races
Chuck Simmins | August 30, 2006 |
UPDATE: [I forgot the link sigh]The Census Bureau has issued its annual report on poverty in the United States.
INCOME LEVELS
2005
2000
1991
Black - over $25K
57.9%
61.0%
51.7%
Black - over $50K
30.2%
32.2%
24.5%
Hispanic - over $25K
66.3%
67.4%
60.4%
Hispanic - over $50K
34.2%
35.6%
28.7%
POVERTY LEVELS
2005
2000
1991
Black
24.7%
22.5%
32.7%
Hispanic
21.8%
21.5%
28.7%
The best that you can say about poverty levels and incomes for blacks and Hispanics under Bush is that they are not losing [...]
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