In much of the United States, a six-figure salary once signaled security. Now, for a family of four facing rent, child care ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to afford ...

The idea that a family earning six figures could still feel poor sounds absurd until you start tallying rent, child care, ...

The following information was released by the United States Census Bureau: The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024, not statistically different ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

WASHINGTON -- The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans' ...

A similar trend was observed among dyads with household income at 100-199% of the federal poverty level, with preterm birth rates rising from 7.8% in 2011 to 10.0% ( P <0.001) in 2021. Preterm birth ...

Last year, 11.6% of people in the U.S. lived below the federal poverty level, a number that has ticked up in recent years, according to the Census Bureau. Experts say those numbers may be even higher ...