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星期四, 9月 17, 2020
MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF FOOD ACCESS USING BOSTON RESILIENCY FUND GRANTS
波士頓市聯手33城市反對申請入籍公民漲價
Ropes & Gray律師樓於8月17日義務代表”公民計畫”向麻州美國地區法院遞案，控訴美國國土安全局妨礙人們成為綠卡持有者，或合法的永久居民成為公民等等規定。
美國公民及移民服務署(USCIS)的漲價計畫預定10月2日起生效，申請入籍的費用，幾乎漲了一倍，從725元漲到1200元，低收入居豁免繳費的做法也取消了，申請永久居民(綠卡)的費用也漲了，連申請政治庇護也要收費了。這使美國成為這麼做的四個國家之一。
馬丁華殊今日下午在市政府大樓前做疫情匯報時表示，這些費用漲價，違反了美國建國的基本價值觀。不論是400年前，還是昨天，人們來到美國是為自己及家庭追求更好的生活。漲價的新規定猶如打造了一個成為美國人的富裕測驗，而且公民資格必須保留給那些能負擔得起費用的人。
在美國，約有900萬人有資格申請成為公民，在波士頓地區，約有3萬人。波士頓市表示，從馬丁華殊市長上任的第一天，市府就在入籍援助上給予支持。每年的9月17日，波士頓市府還都和”公民項目”一起慶祝憲法日，舉辦新英格蘭內規模最大的公民講座，安排400多名社區志工，法律系學生，以及義務律師來免費幫助數以百計的人申請入籍公民。迄今他們以幫助1815人成為公民，而起單只是去年，就有59%的申請符合低收入的免費資格。
聯名遞交支持信的33個城市中，有8個城市在麻州，包括波士頓市，劍橋市，雀喜市(chelsea)，羅倫斯市(Lawrence)，林市(Lynn)，摩頓市(Malden)，梅爾羅斯市(Melrose)，牛頓市(Newton)。支持函全文可見於https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2020/09/amicus-motion-sept2020.pdf。
CITY OF
BOSTON MARKS U.S. CONSTITUTION AND CITIZENSHIP DAY BY LEADING AMICUS
BRIEF AGAINST USCIS FEE INCREASES
Cities urge court to block application fee increases for naturalization
BOSTON - Thursday, September 17, 2020 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh is marking U.S. Constitution and Citizenship Day this year by announcing the City of Boston together with 33 American cities and counties and with the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), submitted an amicus brief in the Project Citizenship lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The lawsuit follows a new United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy that would make it more expensive for U.S. residents to apply for naturalization as well as other statuses and benefits.
Starting on October 2, USCIS is nearly doubling the cost of applying for naturalization from $725 to $1,200 and eliminating the fee waiver for almost all low-income residents. USCIS is also increasing the permanent residence (green card) application fee and implementing an asylum application fee, making the United States one of four countries to do so.
The City of Boston is asking the federal court to stop this new rule from going into effect.
"These fee increases go against the values America was founded on," said Mayor Walsh. "People come to the U.S. for a better life for themselves and their families, whether that's 400 years ago or yesterday. This new rule creates a wealth test to be an American, and citizenship must not be reserved for those who can afford it."
There are about nine million people in the U.S. eligible for citizenship, more than 30,000 of them are in Boston. The City has invested in naturalization assistance since the Mayor's first year in office in 2014. Every year, Boston celebrates Constitution Day on September 17 by partnering with Project Citizenship to host the largest annual citizenship workshop in New England, when more than 400 community volunteers, law students and pro bono attorneys help hundreds of people with their citizenship application for free. To date, the City has helped 1,815 become citizens, and last year alone 59% of applicants qualified for the low-income fee waiver.
The amicus brief highlights how local governments have invested in supporting the naturalization process, how naturalized citizens benefit from the support, and how naturalization increases the civic and economic health and resilience of local communities for all residents. The brief argues these fee increases send a message to low-income lawful permanent residents that full civic participation is only reserved for those who can afford it.
"Being American is not about how much money you have or the color of your skin," said the Mayor. "Being American is about making a commitment to this country, to choosing a life in our communities and enjoying the rights and liberties promised in the Declaration of Independence and in our Constitution."
The amicus brief was submitted by the City of Boston, together with Albuquerque, NM; Austin, TX; Boise, ID; Brownsville, TX; Cambridge, MA; Carson, CA; Chelsea, MA; Chicago, IL; Cook County, IL; Davis, CA; Dayton, OH; Denver, CO; Lawrence, MA; Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles County, CA; Lynn, MA; Malden, MA; McAllen, TX; Melrose, MA; Metropolitan Area Planning Council, MA; Minneapolis, MN; Montgomery County, MD; New York, NY; Newton, MA; Oakland, CA; Palm Springs, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Saint Paul, MN; Seattle, WA; Somerville, MA; Stamford, CT; Tacoma, WA; and the US Conference of Mayors. To read the amicus brief, visit here.
The City of Boston also signed onto two similar amicus
briefs linked here and here. (From City of Boston)
星期三, 9月 16, 2020
Governor Baker Nominates Marguerite T. Grant as Associate Justice of the Appeals Court, and Joanna Rodriguez as Associate Justice of the Juvenile Court
Joanna Rodriguez began her legal career in 2003 as an Associate at Wadland & Ackerman in Andover. In 2004, she joined the Essex County Probate and Family Court as a Family Law Facilitator, where her responsibilities included assisting pro se litigants by drafting and filing legal pleadings regarding custody, child support, divorce, separate support, and guardianships. Attorney Rodriguez joined the Law Office of Deborah A. Anthony in Andover in 2006, litigating cases with a concentration in juvenile delinquency. In 2008, she opened the Law Office of Joanna Rodriguez in North Andover, where she handled cases as an independent contractor for the Committee for Public Counsel Services in the Lawrence District and Juvenile Courts. Since August 2020, Attorney Rodriguez has been Acting Deputy General Counsel for the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board. She has also served since 2019 as a Hearing Officer for the Board of Bar Overseers, and since 2007 as a Team Leader for the US Office of Personnel Management's Voting Rights Observer Program, supervising federal observers at polling places during local, state and national elections. Attorney Rodriguez is an active member of her community, volunteering since 2001 for the Lawrence Boys and Girls Club and serving since 2016 as a member of the Executive Board of Socratic, Inc, a non-profit that grants scholarships to children in Lawrence. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Massachusetts School of Law, and her Bachelor's Degree from Rutgers University.
MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES OPENING OF A.O. FLATS AT FOREST HILLS
MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES OPENING OF A.O. FLATS AT FOREST HILLS
A mixed-income, transit-oriented, eco-friendly development near Forest Hills T Station
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Photo credit: The Community Builders, Inc.
BOSTON - Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh and developer The Community Builders today announced the grand opening of A.O. Flats at Forest Hills, a transit-oriented, mixed-income housing development. This residence consists of 78 units affordable to low-income and moderate-income residents in a 5-story building in Jamaica Plain. The energy-efficient building has a Platinum level of LEED certifiability and includes 1,500 square feet of commercial space on the first floor.
"Housing opportunities like this one create a stronger community and are a model for creating affordable green development all across the City of Boston," said Mayor Walsh. "I want to thank The Community Builders, our partners, and the Forest Hills community for continuing to work with us to create this needed new affordable housing and retail space here in Jamaica Plain."
The A.O. Flats residences were built on a once-vacant MBTA parcel in Jamaica Plain within walking distance of Forest Hills MBTA Station, the Arnold Arboretum, the Southwest Corridor Park, local restaurants, and cultural venues. The grand opening of A.O. Flats at Forest Hills follows years of community planning efforts by the City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development, the Boston Planning & Development Agency, local residents, and the MBTA.
The new development creates 40 new affordable apartments for households earning at or below 60% of area median income. Eight of these units are set-aside for formerly homeless families who earn at or below 30% area median income (AMI). HomeStart provided direct referrals for the formerly homeless households that now occupy these eight units. A.O. Flats also includes 38 units of workforce housing financed by MassHousing intended for households earning at or below 120% AMI.
"I chose A.O. Flats for the opportunity to live in income-restricted housing and the community of folks that fill the building. I love the energy efficiency of the building and the light that comes in from my windows each day. We need more mixed-income housing like this all over the city," said Samantha Montano, resident at A.O. Flats.
A.O. Flats at Forest Hills includes 8 studios, 37 one-bedroom units, 25 two-bedroom family units, and 8 three-bedroom family units, an elevator for accessibility, central air, on-site laundry facilities, a large community space for programming for residents on the ground floor, a fitness room, top floor lounging deck, and a rear courtyard. A lobby fronting on Hyde Park Ave provides pedestrian access to the 78 residential apartments and associated amenities, including two community rooms. A second egress from the first floor opens into a new pocket park that is available to the public. The approximately 1,500 square foot retail space has its own entrance at the corner of Hyde Park Ave and Ukraine Way. Construction of the new building generated more than 250 construction jobs.
"We are proud to partner with the City of Boston to make quality housing affordable to more Boston families," said Andy Waxman, regional vice president for The Community Builders. "A.O. Flats offer beautiful rental homes with easy access to transit in a vibrant neighborhood that people at a range of incomes can afford."
In accordance with the City of Boston's Green Affordable Housing Program, A.O. Flats at Forest Hills utilizes high-efficiency heating and cooling systems and Energy Star rated appliances and materials. The development employs environmentally friendly design features throughout as a LEED-Homes Platinum certifiable building that includes PV solar panels. These residences also meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star standards. The project team includes The Community Builders as the developer, The Architectural Team as the architect, and Bilt Rite Construction as the general contractor.
"MassHousing was very pleased to be part of this transformative project that has created new, energy-efficient housing and economic opportunity for households of varying incomes within steps of public transportation who can now live and work in the city," said MassHousing Executive Director Chrystal Kornegay. "Congratulations to TCB and the city of Boston for taking a vacant MBTA lot and creating new, vibrant housing opportunities for working families in Boston."
A.O. Flats at Forest Hills have been made possible by a contribution of $2.25 million in the Department of Neighborhood Development funding and $750,000 in Neighborhood Housing Trust Funds. Furthermore, sources included $8.1 million in MassHousing Workforce funding, $13.09 million MassHousing permanent funding, $8.84 in Equity (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Solar), and a $2.6 million sponsor loan from The Community Builders.
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Massachusetts Announces Extension of Administrative Tax Relief for Local Businesses
星期二, 9月 15, 2020
Massachusetts Announces Extension of Administrative Tax Relief for Local Businesses
Massachusetts Announces
Extension of Administrative Tax Relief for Local Businesses
BOSTON –
Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Senate President Karen
Spilka and House Speaker Robert DeLeo today announced an extension of
administrative tax relief measures for local businesses that have been impacted
by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, especially in the restaurant and hospitality
sectors.
This
includes the extension of the deferral of regular sales tax, meals tax, and
room occupancy taxes for small businesses due from March 2020 through
April 2021, so that they will instead be due in May 2021. Businesses that
collected less than $150,000 in regular sales plus meals taxes in the
twelve month period ending February 29, 2020 will be eligible for relief
for sales and meals taxes, and businesses that collected less than
$150,000 in room occupancy taxes in the twelve month period ending
February 29, 2020 will be eligible for relief with respect to room occupancy
taxes. For these small businesses, no penalties or interest will accrue during
this extension period.
“Our
Administration is committed to supporting local businesses and Main Street
economies recovering from the impact of COVID-19, and we’re glad to work with
our legislative colleagues on this additional measure to provide administrative
tax relief,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “Extending the tax
relief measures we put into place earlier this year will help support companies
across Massachusetts including small businesses in the restaurant and
hospitality industries.”
“Providing
this tax relief is an important step to support local businesses throughout
Massachusetts and we are glad to work with our legislative colleagues on this
important issue,” said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. “This extension
allows certain local companies to defer remitting regular sales tax, meals tax,
and room occupancy taxes, an important tax relief measure for businesses that
have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
For
businesses with meals tax and room occupancy tax obligations that do not
otherwise qualify for this relief, late-file and late-pay penalties will be
waived during this period.
“The
Senate is committed to further assisting our restaurant and hospitality
industries hit hard by COVID-19,” said Senate President Karen E.
Spilka. “As we continue to safely reopen and recover, we will work
with our partners in the Administration and the House to mitigate the economic
distress felt by local businesses brought on by the unprecedented public health
crisis.”
“As the
COVID-19 outbreak continues to affect our economy, the House is proud of its
ongoing efforts to reinforce restaurants, such as its passage of a restaurant
recovery package thanks to the work of Chair Michlewitz and the
membership,” said House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo. “We support
the deferral of tax collections as it will provide a clear business pathway,
especially to our restaurant and hospitality industries.”
The
Department of Revenue will issue emergency regulations and a Technical
Information Release to implement these administrative relief measures.
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2019
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance
Coverage in the United States: 2019
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SEPT. 15, 2020 — The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that median household
income in 2019 increased 6.8% from 2018, and the official poverty rate
decreased 1.3 percentage points. Meanwhile the percentage of people with
health insurance coverage for all or part of 2019 was 92.0% and 8.0% of
people, or 26.1 million, did not have health insurance at any point during
2019, according to the 2020 Current Population Survey Annual Social and
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Median household income was
$68,703 in 2019, an increase of 6.8% from the 2018 median. Between 2018 and
2019, the real median earnings of all workers increased by 1.4%, while the real
median earnings of full-time, year-round workers increased 0.8%. The 2019 real
median earnings of men and women who worked full-time, year-round increased by
2.1% and 3.0%, respectively, between 2018 and 2019. The difference between the
2018-2019 percent changes in median earnings for men and women working
full-time, year-round was not statistically significant. The number of
full-time, year-round workers increased by approximately 1.2 million between
2018 and 2019. Between 2018 and 2019, the total number of people with earnings
increased by about 2.2 million.
The official poverty rate in
2019 was 10.5%, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points from 11.8% in 2018. This is
the fifth consecutive annual decline in the national poverty rate. Since 2014,
the poverty rate has fallen 4.3 percentage points, from 14.8% to 10.5%. The
2019 poverty rate of 10.5% is the lowest rate observed since estimates were
initially published for 1959. The number of people in poverty in 2019 was 34.0
million, 4.2 million fewer people than 2018.
Private health insurance
coverage was more prevalent than public coverage, covering 68.0% and 34.1% of
the population at some point during the year, respectively. Employment-based
insurance was the most common subtype. Some people may have more than one
coverage type during the calendar year.
These findings are contained in
two reports: Income and
Poverty in the United States: 2019 and Health Insurance
Coverage in the United States: 2019.
Another Census Bureau report, The Supplemental
Poverty Measure: 2019, was also released today. The Supplemental
Poverty Measure (SPM) rate in 2019 was 11.7%. This was 1.0 percentage point
lower than the 2018 SPM rate of 12.8%. The SPM provides an alternative way of
measuring poverty in the United States and serves as an additional indicator of
economic well-being. The Census Bureau has published poverty estimates using
the SPM annually since 2011 with the collaboration of the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS).
The Current
Population Survey (CPS), sponsored jointly by the Census Bureau
and BLS,
is conducted every month and is the primary source of labor force statistics
for the U.S. population; it is used to calculate monthly unemployment rate
estimates. Supplements are added in most months; the CPS ASEC is designed to
give annual, national estimates of income, poverty and health insurance numbers
and rates. The CPS ASEC is conducted in February, March and April. It collects
information about income and health insurance coverage during the prior
calendar year. As data were collected in February, March and April 2020 about
income and health insurance coverage in 2019, this report does not reflect
economic impacts related to COVID-19, but instead serves as a pre-pandemic
benchmark for future research.
This year, data collection
faced extraordinary circumstances. As the United States began to grapple with
the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the nation, interviewing for the
March CPS began on March 15. In order to protect the health and safety of
Census Bureau staff and respondents, the survey suspended in-person
interviewing and closed both Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI)
contact centers on March 20. For the rest of March and through April, the
Census Bureau continued to attempt all interviews by phone. For those whose
first month in the survey was March or April, the Census Bureau used
vendor-provided telephone numbers associated with the sample address.
While the Census Bureau went to
great lengths to complete interviews by telephone, the response rate for the
CPS basic household survey was 73% in March 2020, about 10 percentage points
lower than in preceding months and the same period in 2019, which were
regularly above 80%. The change from conducting first interviews in person to
making first contacts by telephone contributed to the lower response rates and
it is likely that the characteristics of people for whom a telephone number was
found may be systematically different from the people for whom the Census
Bureau was unable to obtain a telephone number. While the Census Bureau creates weights
designed to adjust for nonresponse and to control weighted counts to
independent population estimates by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, the
magnitude of the increase in (and differential nature of) nonresponse related
to the pandemic likely reduced their efficacy. Using administrative data,
Census Bureau researchers have documented that the nonrespondents in 2020 are
less similar to respondents than in earlier years. Of particular interest for
the estimates in this report released today are the differences in
median income and educational attainment, indicating that
respondents in 2020 had relatively higher income and were more educated than
nonrespondents.
The 2019 income and poverty
report is based on the CPS ASEC and includes comparisons with the previous year
and historical tables in the report, which contain statistics back to 1959. The
health insurance report is based on both the CPS ASEC and the American
Community Survey (ACS). State and local income, poverty and health insurance
estimates from the ACS will be released Thursday, Sept. 17.
Income
- Median household income was $68,703 in 2019, an
increase of 6.8% from the 2018 median of $64,324.
- The 2019 real median income of family households and
nonfamily households increased 7.3% and 6.2%, respectively, between 2018
and 2019. This is the fifth consecutive annual increase in median
household income for family households and the second consecutive increase
for nonfamily households. The difference between the 2018-2019 percent
changes in median income for family (7.3%) and nonfamily (6.2%) households
was not statistically significant.
- Real median household incomes increased for all regions
in 2019: 6.8% in the Northeast, 4.8% in the Midwest, 6.1% in the South,
and 7.0% in the West. The differences between the 2018-2019 percent
changes in median household income for all regions were not statistically
significant.
Race and Hispanic Origin
(Race data refer to people
reporting a single race only; Hispanics can be of any race.)
- The 2019 real median incomes of White, Black, Asian and
Hispanic households all increased from 2018. The differences between the
2018-2019 percent changes in household median income for each race group
were not statistically significant.
Earnings
- The 2019 real median earnings of men ($57,456) and
women ($47,299) who worked full-time, year-round increased by 2.1% and
3.0%, respectively. The difference between the 2018-2019 percent change in
median earnings for men working full-time, year-round and women working
full-time, year-round was not statistically significant.
- The 2019 female-to-male earnings ratio was 0.823, not
statistically different from the 2018 ratio.
- Between 2018 and 2019, the real median earnings of all
workers and full-time, year-round workers increased 1.4% and 0.8%,
respectively.
- Between 2018 and 2019, the total number of people with
earnings, regardless of work experience, increased by about 2.2 million.
The number of full-time, year-round workers increased by approximately 1.2
million.
Poverty
As defined by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) and updated for inflation using the Consumer Price
Index, the weighted average poverty threshold for a family of four in 2019 was
$26,172. (See <www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty-thresholds.html>
for the complete set of dollar value thresholds that vary by family size and
composition.)
- The official poverty rate in 2019 was 10.5%; down 1.3
percentage points from 11.8% in 2018 (the OMB determined the official
definition of poverty in Statistical Policy Directive 14).
- The 2019 poverty rate of 10.5% marks the fifth
consecutive annual decline in poverty. Since 2014, the poverty rate has
fallen 4.3 percentage points, from 14.8% to 10.5%.
- The 2019 poverty rate of 10.5% is the lowest rate
observed since estimates were initially published for 1959.
- In 2019, there were 34.0 million people in poverty,
approximately 4.2 million fewer people than 2018.
Race and Hispanic Origin
(Race data refer to people
reporting a single race only; Hispanics can be of any race.)
- Between 2018 and 2019, poverty rates declined for all
major race and Hispanic origin groups.
- The poverty rate for Whites decreased 1.0 percentage
point to 9.1%. The poverty rate for Blacks decreased by 2.0 percentage
points to 18.8%. The poverty rate for Asians decreased 2.8 percentage
points to 7.3%. The poverty rate for Hispanics decreased by 1.8 percentage
points to 15.7%.
- The percentage point change in poverty rates from 2018
to 2019 for Blacks is not significantly different than the percentage
point change for Whites, Asians or Hispanics. The percentage point change
from 2018 to 2019 for Hispanics is not significantly different from the
percentage point change for Asians.
Age
- Between 2018 and 2019, poverty rates for children under
the age of 18 decreased 1.8 percentage points, from 16.2% to 4%.
- Poverty rates decreased 1.2 percentage points for
adults ages 18 to 64, from 10.7% to 9.4%.
- The poverty rate for people age 65 and older decreased
by 0.9 percentage points, from 7% to 8.9%.
Supplemental Poverty Measure
The SPM extends the official
poverty measure by taking into account many of the government programs designed
to assist low-income families and individuals that are not included in the
current official poverty measure.
- The SPM released today shows: in 2019, the overall SPM
rate was 11.7%. This was 1.0 percentage point lower than the 2018 SPM rate
of 12.8%.
- The SPM rate for 2019 was 1.3 percentage points higher
than the official poverty rate of 10.5%.
- There were 16 states plus the District of Columbia for
which SPM rates were higher than official poverty rates, 25 states with
lower rates, and 9 states for which the differences were not statistically
significant.
- Social Security continued to be the most important
anti-poverty program, moving 26.5 million individuals out of poverty in
2019. Refundable tax credits moved 7.5 million people out of poverty.
Age
- SPM rates were down for all major age categories:
children under age 18, adults ages 18 to 64, and adults age 65 and older
between 2018 and 2019.
While the official poverty
measure includes only pretax money income, the SPM adds the value of in-kind
benefits, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, school
lunches, housing assistance and refundable tax credits.
Additionally, the SPM deducts
necessary expenses for critical goods and services from income. Expenses that
are deducted include taxes, child care, commuting expenses, contributions
toward the cost of medical care and health insurance premiums, and child
support paid to another household. The SPM permits the examination of the
effects of government transfers on poverty estimates. For example, not
including refundable tax credits (the Earned Income Tax Credit and the
refundable portion of the child tax credit) in resources, the poverty rate for
all people would have been 14.0% rather than 11.7%. The SPM does not replace
the official poverty measure and is not used to determine eligibility for
government programs.
Health Insurance
As in the past several years,
the Census Bureau is releasing estimates of health insurance from two surveys.
The Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC)
asks people about coverage during the entire previous calendar year. The
American Community Survey (ACS) asks people to report their health insurance
coverage at the time of interview. The use of both surveys provides a more
complete picture of health insurance coverage in the United States in 2019. Highlights
reporting coverage in 2019 come from the CPS ASEC. Highlights reporting change
in health coverage from 2018 to 2019 or health coverage at the state-level come
from the ACS.
- In 2019, 8.0% of people, or 26.1 million, did not have
health insurance at any point during the year, according to the CPS ASEC.
The percentage of people with
health insurance coverage for all or part of 2019 was 92.0%.
- In 2019, 9.2% of people, or 29.6 million, were not
covered by health insurance at the time of interview, according to the
ACS, up from 8.9% and 28.6 million in 2018.
- In 2019, the percentage of people with
employer-provided coverage at the time of interview was slightly higher
than in 2018, from 55.2% in 2018 to 55.4% in 2019.
- The percentage of people with Medicaid coverage at the
time of interview decreased to 19.8% in 2019, down from 20.5% in 2018.
- Between 2018 and 2019, the percentage of people without
health insurance coverage decreased in one state and increased in nineteen
states.
- All states and the District of Columbia had a lower
uninsured rate in 2019 than in 2010.
Regional trends are available
for income, poverty, SPM and health insurance in each respective report, as
well as tables showing state-level coverage for health insurance and poverty
rates using the supplemental poverty measure.
State and Local Estimates From the American Community Survey
Some state-level health
insurance data from the ACS are included in this release. On Thursday, Sept.
17, the Census Bureau will release 2019 single-year estimates of median
household income, poverty and health insurance for all states, counties, places
and other geographic units with populations of 65,000 or more from the ACS.
These statistics will include numerous social, economic and housing
characteristics, such as language, education, commuting, employment, mortgage
status and rent. Subscribers will be able to access these estimates on an embargoed
basis.
The ACS provides a wide range
of important statistics about people and housing for every community (i.e.,
census tracts or neighborhoods) across the nation. The results are used by
everyone from town and city planners to retailers and homebuilders. The survey
is the only source of local estimates for most of the 40 topics it covers.
The CPS ASEC and ACS are subject to sampling and nonsampling
errors. All comparisons made here and in each respective report have been
tested and found to be statistically significant at the 90% confidence level,
unless otherwise noted.