According to the recent U.S. Census Bureau data, there are currently 38 million people living in poverty— and 21 million are women. And among them, next to Indian/Non-Hispanic women, Black women have ...

New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that we can’t let our safety net programs expire or go unfunded in the end-of-year fiscal negotiations in Congress. Laura Fritz fills out a form at the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The poverty rate across New York City fell slightly over the past year, but despite the overall decrease, two boroughs saw their numbers rise.

To continue growing the middle class, Congress and the Biden administration should learn from what worked in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated recession that led to ...

Few things are more frustrating than when the government releases statistics that require an explanation from technical experts for anyone to make sense of them. But flaws and unduly complicated ...

We used the data for "black alone or in combination" for the period in which it is available.) Meanwhile, for Hispanics, the 2017 poverty rate was 18.3 percent, which edged out the previous record low ...

Who is poor in America? This is not an easy question to answer, and the Obama administration would make it harder. It's hard because there's no conclusive definition of poverty. Low income matters, ...

The data revolution is under way, and data has impacted how we buy, work, live—even how we love. But there’s one field that remains largely unaffected, and that’s statistics—or, ironically enough, ...

Child poverty, child abuse and teen births are down in Michigan over the past decade, according to new data released by Michigan League for Public Policy. The nonprofit compiles data to gauge the ...