Poverty Facts, 2004 (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Laura Wheaton,
Jamyang TashiIn 2004, 36.6 million people--or 12.6 percent of the U.S. population--were poor. The "poverty gap"--the amount of additional income required to remove all Americans from poverty--was $105.6 billion. Poverty rates were highest for African Americans, Hispanics, women, and persons under 25. Without government benefits, 61 million people would be poor. Social Security and other social insurance programs remove 21 million people from poverty. Means tested programs remove 3 million people from poverty. If food and housing assistance were counted as income for poverty purposes, an additional 7.6 million people would be counted as not poor.
| Posted: April 24, 2008 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Are Employers Willing to Hire and Retain Older Workers? (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Gordon MerminOlder adults' employment is attracting attention as many baby boomers approach traditional retirement ages. This fact sheet examines employers' current attitudes toward older workers and the likely future demand for their services.
| Posted: December 07, 2007 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Should People Work Longer, and Will They? (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Richard W. JohnsonOlder adults' employment is attracting attention as many baby boomers approach traditional retirement ages. This fact sheet examines the benefits of working longer, the characteristics of today's older workers, and recent changes in older Americans' labor supply.
| Posted: December 07, 2007 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Children in Vulnerable Families: Facts and Figures (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): The Urban InstituteThis fact sheet looks at trends in some of the most significant risks facing families today: child maltreatment, domestic violence, children’s disabilities, substance abuse, and parental mental illness.
| Posted: December 04, 2006 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Work and Retirement: Facts and Figures (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): The Urban InstituteAn aging population creates challenges for workers, employers, and policymakers. This fact sheet describes the benefits of delayed retirement, the capacity of older people to remain at work, trends and patterns in labor force participation at older ages, and some of the legal and institutional work impediments that exist for older Americans.
| Posted: August 17, 2006 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Government Work Supports and Low-Income Families: Facts and Figures (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): The Urban InstituteThe welfare overhaul of 1996 was accompanied by an increased focus on policies that help low-income parents find and sustain employment and support their families as they moved into low-wage jobs with few benefits. Despite the substantial expansion of work support programs, they fall far short of fulfilling the needs of low-income working families. This fact sheet reviews how work supports have changed and where they fall short.
| Posted: July 26, 2006 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
A Decade of Welfare Reform: Facts and Figures (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): The Urban InstituteThis data brief documents the decline in health coverage from employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) for low-income adults and children between 2000 and 2004 and how this varied across states. During this period, uninsurance rates for low-income children fell by more than 2 percentage points, because Medicaid and SCHIP coverage expanded to offset the reduction in ESI. Without public programs serving as the same coverage safety net, uninsurance rates for low-income adults increased nearly 3 percentage points in the same period. The data brief shows that public coverage offset the reduction in ESI for children in states with large and moderate reductions in ESI.
| Posted: July 26, 2006 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Children of Immigrants (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): The Urban InstituteWhile Congress and the administration debate the future of the 11-12 million unauthorized immigrants, it is important to look also at the more than 5 million children in families with unauthorized parents. Two-thirds of these children are U.S.-born citizens, a share that increases to 93 percent among those under age 6. A new fact sheet presents a statistical portrait of the children of immigrants.
| Posted: May 16, 2006 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
Undocumented Immigrants (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): Randolph Capps,
Michael E. FixThere are over 10 million undocumented immigrants in the United States by the latest estimates. Over 90 percent of undocumented immigrant men work, and most pay payroll as well as consumption taxes. Two thirds of the children of undocumented immigrants are U.S.-born citizens. This piece uses fact-based evidence to dispel common myths about this controversial population.
| Posted: November 01, 2005 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
The Aftermath of Katrina (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)Author(s): The Urban InstituteAs donations pour in following Hurricane Katrina, charitable organizations in and around the Gulf Coast are beginning to pick up the pieces of loss and devastation. This fact sheet provides data on nonprofits in New Orleans and the cities hosting many evacuees.
| Posted: September 21, 2005 | Availability: HTML | PDF |
