The Current Population Survey (CPS), sponsored jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is the primary source of labor force statistics for the population of the United States.
News
PRESS RELEASE | OCTOBER 07, 2020
Census Bureau Releases New School Enrollment Data
The report examines the characteristics of people enrolled in school using statistics from the Current Population Survey and the American Community Survey.
PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States
Median household income in 2019 increased 6.8% from 2018, and the official poverty rate decreased 1.3 percentage points.
PRESS RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Estadísticas sobre ingresos, pobreza y cobertura de salud del 2019
La Oficina del Censo anunció que, en el 2019, la mediana de ingresos de hogares aumentó 6.8 % y la tasa oficial de pobreza disminuyó 1.3 puntos porcentuales.
Data
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Current Population Survey Detailed Tables for Poverty
The Current Population Survey is a joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau.
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Current Population Survey Tables for Health Insurance Coverage
The Current Population Survey is a joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau.
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Current Population Survey Tables for Personal Income
The Current Population Survey is a joint effort between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau.
Publications
PUBLICATION | OCTOBER 2020
School Enrollment in the United States 2018
The publication School Enrollment in the United States: 2018 is CPS and ACS.
PUBLICATION | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2019
This report presents data on health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2019 CPS ASEC.
PUBLICATION | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2019
This report describes research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).
Working Papers
WORKING PAPER | SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Using Paired Cognitive Interviews to Assess Proxy Responses
Multiple participants from the same household were interviewed to explore the extent to which they provided the same answers to the same questions.
WORKING PAPER | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
COVID-19 and Measuring Health Insurance Coverage in the 2020 CPS ASEC
This paper examines how changes to survey operations during the COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced health insurance coverage estimates for the 2020 CPS ASEC
WORKING PAPER | SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Coronavirus Infects Surveys, Too: Nonresponse Bias During the Pandemic in the CPS ASEC
This paper evaluates how response in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) was affected by COVID-19.