"Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope -- some because of their poverty,
and some because of their color, and all too many because of both.
Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity."
President Lyndon B. Johnson
State of the Union address
1964
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Human Needs Statistics
Background Background on human needs statistics State-by-state statistical data
Latest News
WashPost Editorial: The Other America (9/20/05) WashPost Op-Ed: The Lagging Poor (9/6/05) NYTimes Op-Ed: The Larger Shame (9/6/05) AP: Number of Citizens in Poverty Increases (8/31/05) NYTimes: U.S. Poverty Rate Was Up Last Year (8/31/05) => More News
Regional Coverage of Latest Poverty, Uninsurance Data UT: Salt Lake Tribune: More Can't Make Ends Meet - Low Wages, Benefits Have Utah Poverty on the Rise (9/6/05) PA: The Lewistown Sentinel: Families Struggle Now More Than a Generation Ago (9/5/05) CA: San Francisco Chronicle: U.S. Census Finds More are Poor (8/31/05) CA: Sacramento Business Journal: California Incomes Stagnant, According to Census Data (8/31/05) FL: South Florida Business Journal: Census Highlights Miami Poverty , Lower Wages (8/31/05) MD: Baltimore Sun: Baltimore Among Poorest Areas of Comparable Size (8/31/05) MA: Boston Globe Editorial: Declining Health (8/31/05) MI: Detroit Free Press: Detroit Tops Nation in Poverty Census (8/31/05) MN: Minneapolis Star Tribune: Census Data Show Minnesota Ranks High in Low Poverty Rate (8/31/05) MO: Columbia Daily Tribune/AP: Number of Citizens in Poverty Increases (8/31/05) OH: Cleveland Plain Dealer: Cleveland No Longer Poorest Big City (8/31/05) OK: The Oklahoman: Poverty Declines In State But Uninsured Rate Grows (8/31/05) ME: Magic City Morning Start: Poverty Report Shows Need for Stronger Federal Support, Says Maine Children's Alliance (8/30/05) OR: Oregon Public Broadcasting: Child Poverty Still A Problem In Oregon (8/30/05) PA: Philadelphia Inquirer: Number Without Health Insurance Grew in '04 (8/31/05) PA: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Number of Uninsured, Impovrished Americans Creeping Up (8/31/05) PA: Philadelphia Inquirer Op-Ed: The Dishonesty of the Poverty Data (8/31/05) WA: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Pay Down, Poverty Up in King County (8/31/05) WI: WRN Wisconsin Radio Network: Wisconsin Ranks First in Poverty Growth (8/31/05) WI: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: 1 in 7 Lack Health Insurance, Census Survey Finds (8/30/05) Policy Analyses and Research
Organizations Respond to Latest Data Showing Growth in Poverty, Uninsurance in 2004
CBPP: Administration Mischaracterizes Economy, New Data on Poverty (9/1/05) EPI: Economy Up, People Down (8/31/05) CHN: Number of Poor and Uninsured Rise Again in 2004 (8/30/05) CBPP: Economic Recovery Failed to Benefit Much of Population in 2004 (8/30/05) CBPP: Number of Uninsured Continued to Rise in 2004 (8/30/05) Legal Momentum: Reading Between The Lines - Women's Poverty in the U.S. in 2004 (8/30/05) Annie E Casey: 2005 KIDS COUNT Report Shows Increase in Child Poverty (7/27/05) => More Policy Analyses and Research
Government Resources
Census Bureau: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States (8/30/05) Census Bureau Press Release on Latest Poverty and Health Insurance Data (8/30/05) Status of S. 1084 - The End Child Poverty Act (introduced by Sen. Kennedy 5/19/05) GAO: Means-Tested Programs: Information on Program Access Can Be an Important Management Tool (3/11/05) Census: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2003 (8/26/04) => More Government Resources
