Welfare Reform & Beyond The Brookings Institution

1. Welfare Reform & Beyond The Brookings Institution Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Coverage in 2004: A Look at the New Census Data and What They Mean for Children and Families Tuesday, August 30, 2005 Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, August 2005

2. Children in Poverty and People in Poverty, 1980-2004 17.6% - 17.8% 12.5% - 12.7% Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, August 2005 Source: U.S. Census Bureau

3. Poverty in Female-Headed and All Households, 1980-2004 30.0% - 30.5% 10.8% - 11.0% Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, August 2005 Source: U.S. Census Bureau

4. Median Income for All, Hispanic, and Black Households, 1980- 2004 $44,482 - $44,389 $33,884 - $34,241 $30,442 - $30,134 Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, August 2005 Source: U.S. Census Bureau

5. Average Income by Pretax Money Income for All Female-Headed Families and Those in the Bottom Two Fifths (Quintiles) of Income, 1993 - 2002 Family income of female family heads with related children, solid = pretax money income dotted = post-tax, money income plus noncash food and housing benefits. Cash income includes earnings, unemployment compensation, workers’ compensation, social security, supplemental security income, public assistance, veterans payments, rents, royalties, child support, and other miscellaneous sources of cash income. Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, August 2005 Source: Richard Bavier, based on U.S. Census BureauMarch Current Population Survey

6. Percent of People and Children with Private or Government Health Insurance 88.6% - 88.8% 84.4% - 84.3% Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, August 2005 Source: U.S. Census Bureau