A wealth manager wrote that $140,000 a year means poverty in today's America, sparking controversy. He's wrong, but he made a ...

What’s the most significant news? I think the most interesting aspect of this report is the different directions the two measures of poverty went in 2023. On one hand, the official poverty measure ...

The following information was released by the United States Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024, not statistically different ...

California continued to have the highest poverty rate in the nation last year at 17.7%, tied only with Louisiana, according to new data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The state's ...

Man, I thought I was busy in college. Between juggling two part-time jobs, caring for my younger sibling, and trying to keep up with my coursework, I felt like I was constantly running on empty. Turns ...

At least from a material perspective, things have never been better for many if not most Americans: Their homes are larger ...

(The Center Square) – Low-income households are becoming increasingly dependent on government welfare and entitlement programs rather than work paychecks, according to a new report from the ...

The presidential election has made one thing clear: the candidates have very different ideas about which Americans are at the center of their policies. And that matters, especially when it comes to ...

Illustration by The New York Times. Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh Mr. Roser is the founder of Our World in Data and a professor at the University of Oxford’s ...

Experts say much will depend on whether the expanded credits continue. There were times throughout the COVID-19 pandemic when Maeghan Murdock worried about how her family -- which includes a newborn - ...

The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation’s official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on Sept. 10, 2024. The data released ...