Income Stable, Poverty Rate Increases, Percentage of Americans Without Health Insurance Unchanged
Aug 31, 2005 -- Real median household income remained unchanged between 2003 and
2004 at $44,389, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Meanwhile, the nation's official poverty rate rose from 12.5 percent in 2003 to
12.7 percent in 2004. The percentage of the nation's population without health
insurance coverage remained stable, at 15.7 percent in 2004. The number of
people with health insurance increased by 2.0 million to 245.3 million between
2003 and 2004, and the number without such coverage rose by 800,000 to 45.8
million.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/005647.html