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

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

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

Prepared by The Brookings Welfare Reform & Beyond Initiative, August 2005 Average Income by Pretax Money Income for All Female-Headed Families and Those in the Bottom Two Fifths (Quintiles) of Income, 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. Source: Richard Bavier, based on U.S. Census Bureau March Current Population Survey

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