This article found in NEW YORK TIMES, September 10th, talks about statistics for 2007 compared with 2008 economic situation. These calculations were released by Census Bureau.
by atherine Rampell
2008 American Community Survey (ACS) estimated that from 2006- 2008 for income and poverty for places with populations of 20 000 or more. The median of money for household income for the nation was $ 50 300 in 2008. This media declines with 3.6 percent from 2007 (real terms). The start of the decline started in December 2007.
In 2008, the official poverty (a person’s income is less than $1 a day) rate increased up to 13.3 percent from 12.5 as it was in 2007. Today there are more than 40 million people in poverty. The median of the earning of men and women who have worked full-time ( 5 days a week, 8 hours), decreased from 2007 to 2008. People are working more, and earning less.
The number of people with no health insurance increased to 46.3 million in 2008 from 45.7 million in 2007. The 2008 statistic of the uninsured people increased with 15.5 percent.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/poverty-rate-rises/?scp=1&sq=poverty&st=cse
No comments:
Post a Comment