Economic Circumstances Figures

NOTE: Year-round, full-time employment is defined as usually working 35 hours or more per week for 50–52 weeks. The data for 2019 were collected during the global COVID-19 pandemic. While the U.S. Census Bureau went to great lengths to continue to complete interviews by telephone, the response rate for the survey was negatively impacted. The Census Bureau creates weights designed to adjust for nonresponse, but nonrespondents in 2020 are less similar to respondents than in earlier years. In particular, respondents in 2020 had relatively higher incomes and were more educated than nonrespondents. For possible effects on these estimates, see https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/research-matters/2020/09/pandemic-affect-survey-response.html. Data for 2020 reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it.

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

NOTE: Food-insecure households are those in which either adults or children or both were "food insecure," meaning that, at times, they were unable to acquire adequate food for active, healthy living because the household had insufficient money and other resources for food.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement; tabulated by Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service and Food and Nutrition Service.