Census Bureau reports on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States in 2024
Released Sept 9, 2025
The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024, not statistically different from the 2023 estimate of $82,690. The official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 10.6% in 2024. The following 2024 findings were all not statistically different from 2023. The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) rate in 2024 was 12.9%. Meanwhile, 92.0% of the U.S. population had health insurance coverage for all or part of 2024. An estimated 27.1 million or 8.0% of people did not have health insurance at any point during 2024, according to the 2025 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC).
Income in the United States: 2024 Current Population Reports
“No Significant Change in U.S. Median Household Income; Median Income of Asian and Hispanic Households Rose From 2023 to 2024”
Census Bureau, Sept. 9, 2025
Data from the Current Population Survey provide information about current conditions as well as trends over time for different population groups, age, sex, and other characteristics.
Poverty in the United States: 2024
This report is one of three recently released by the Census Bureau. (click on the link above) shares important updates about poverty in the United States for both the official poverty measure (1960+) and the Supplemental Poverty Measure (2011+)
“The Official Poverty Measure
• In 2024, the official poverty rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 10.6 percent. There were 35.9 million people in poverty in 2024
• Between 2023 and 2024, the official poverty rate decreased for White, Asian, and Hispanic individuals but did not change significantly for other race groups discussed in this report
The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)
• The estimated SPM rate in 2024 was 12.9 percent, statistically unchanged from 2023
• Between 2023 and 2024, SPM rates increased for those 65 years and older and for Black individuals but did not change significantly for the other groups discussed in this report
• Social Security continues to be the largest antipoverty program, moving 28.7 million individuals out of SPM poverty in 2024.”
