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About the CIC:
The Census Information Center of Eastern Oklahoma provides access to data generated from the US Census Bureau and through the Community Service Council's Data and Systems Development Task Forces.
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Educational Attainment in the United States: 2015
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This report provides a portrait of educational attainment in the United States based on data collected from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The report examines educational attainment of the adult population by demographic and social characteristics such as age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and disability status, as well as differences in educational attainment between the native and the foreign born. Historical data are also included to present some general trends over time.
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Income and Poverty in the United States: 2014
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This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality, and poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2015 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2015 CPS ASEC data on income and poverty are based on a redesigned questionnaire aimed at improving income reporting, increasing response rates, reducing reporting errors by taking better advantage of an automated questionnaire environment, and updating questions on retirement income and the income generated from retirement accounts and other assets. The 2013 income and poverty estimates used in this report are based on the 2014 CPS ASEC sample of 30,000 addresses that also received the redesigned questionnaire for income. This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality & poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2015 and earlier CPS ASEC.
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Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2014
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This report presents statistics on health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2014 and 2015 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) and the American Community Survey (ACS).
Highlights:
- The uninsured rate decreased between 2013 and 2014 by 2.9 percentage points. In 2014, the percentage of people without health insurance coverage for the entire calendar year was 10.4 percent, or 33.0 million, lower than the rate and number of uninsured in 2013 (13.3 percent or 41.8 million).
- Between 2008 and 2013, the uninsured rate was relatively stable. In 2014, the uninsured rate sharply decreased, which was the largest change in the uninsured rate throughout this period.
- The percentage of people with health insurance coverage for all or part of 2014 was 89.6 percent, higher than the rate in 2013 (86.7 percent).
- In 2014, more people had private health insurance coverage (66.0 percent) than government coverage (36.5 percent). Of the sub-types of health insurance, employer-based insurance covered the most people (55.4 percent of the population), followed by Medicaid (19.5 percent), Medicare (16.0 percent), direct-purchase (14.6 percent), and military coverage (4.5 percent).
- Between 2013 and 2014, the increase in the percentage of the population covered by health insurance was due to an increase in the rates of both private and government coverage. The rate of private coverage increased by 1.8 percentage points to 66.0 percent in 2014 (up from 64.1 percent in 2013), and the government coverage rate increased by 2.0 percentage points to 36.5 percent (up from 34.6 percent in 2013).
- Between 2013 and 2014, the greatest changes in coverage rates were the increases in direct-purchase health insurance and Medicaid. The largest percentage-point change in coverage was for direct-purchase, which increased by 3.2 percentage points to cover 14.6 percent of people for some or all of 2014 (up from 11.4 percent in 2013). The percentage of people with Medicaid coverage during all or part of the year increased by 2.0 percentage points to 19.5 percent in 2014 (compared with 17.5 percent in 2013).
- In 2014, the percentage of uninsured children under age 19 was 6.2 percent. This was a decrease from 7.5 percent in 2013.
- In 2014, the uninsured rate for children under age 19 in poverty, 8.6 percent, was higher than the uninsured rate for children not in poverty, 5.6 percent.
- In 2014, non-Hispanic Whites had the lowest uninsured rate among race and Hispanic-origin groups, at 7.6 percent. The uninsured rates for Blacks and Asians were higher than for non-Hispanic Whites, at 11.8 percent and 9.3 percent, respectively. Hispanics had the highest uninsured rate in 2014, at 19.9 percent.
- Between 2013 and 2014, the overall rate of health insurance coverage increased for all race and Hispanic-origin groups. The increase was comparable for Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics (just over 4.0 percentage points), and lower for non-Hispanic Whites (2.1 percentage points).
- Between 2013 and 2014, every state and the District of Columbia experienced a decrease in their uninsured rate.
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Until Next Week,
Jan Figart
Census Information Center
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