Imagine if a foreign country was collecting massive amounts of DNA from around the world and using it to develop biological or viral weapons against certain groups of people.

They could for example, use it to cause a pandemic that kills elderly conservative voters, and to devastate an economy to help get an otherwise highly successful leader voted out of office. A leader that put Americans first, instead of illegal immigrants or other countries.

A leader that had the lowest poverty level in recorded history; the lowest Black, Hispanic and Women unemployment in recorded history, like Donald Trump did in 2019 as an example, before the COVID-19 virus from Wuhan China devastated our economy and killed our elderly. I've copied the Poverty report at the bottom, in case it gets removed from publication.

Imagine further that the media and a political party would sow fear through out our country and place the citizens under house arrest in area's they control. Then they suppress the use of existing drugs that have been used safely for over 40 years, and that might treat the illness and saves lives. Then immediately after winning the election, they release a vaccine, change the way the statistics are counted, and open up their controlled territory to allow citizens to dine out and begin to return to normal life.

IF this were to happen some day, all involved should be tried for treason, including the scientist that develop these deadly diseases, who should also be tried for premeditated murder.

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Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019

September 15, 2020

Report Number P60-270

Jessica Semega, Melissa Kollar, Emily A. Shrider, and John Creamer

Introduction

Download Income and Poverty in the United States: 2019 [PDF - 1.2 MB]

This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality, and poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2020 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highlights

Income:

Median household income was $68,703 in 2019, an increase of 6.8 percent from the 2018 median of $64,324 (Figure 1 and Table A-1).
The 2019 real median incomes of family households and nonfamily households increased 7.3 percent and 6.2 percent from their respective 2018 estimates (Figure 1 and Table A-1). This is the fifth consecutive annual increase in median household income for family households, and the second consecutive increase for nonfamily households.
The 2019 real median incomes of White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic households all increased from their 2018 medians (Figure 1 and Table A-1).
Real median household incomes increased for all regions in 2019; 6.8 percent in the Northeast, 4.8 percent in the Midwest, 6.1 percent in the South, and 7.0 percent in the West (Figure 1 and Table A-1).

Earnings:

Between 2018 and 2019, the real median earnings of all workers and full-time, year-round workers increased 1.4 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively (Figure 4 and Table A-6).
The 2019 real median earnings of men ($57,456) and women ($47,299) who worked full-time, year-round increased by 2.1 percent and 3.0 percent, respectively (Figure 4 and Table A-6). The 2019 female-to-male earnings ratio was 0.823, not statistically different from the 2018 ratio (Figure 5).
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:

The official poverty rate in 2019 was 10.5 percent, down 1.3 percentage points from 11.8 percent in 2018. This is the fifth consecutive annual decline in poverty. Since 2014, the poverty rate has fallen 4.3 percentage points, from 14.8 percent to 10.5 percent (Figure 7 and Table B-5).
The 2019 poverty rate of 10.5 percent is the lowest rate observed since estimates were initially published in 1959 (Figure 7 and Table B-5).
In 2019, there were 34.0 million people in poverty, approximately 4.2 million fewer people than 2018 (Figure 7 and Table B-1).
For all demographic groups shown in Figure 8 and Table B-1, poverty rates in 2019 were either lower than or not statistically different from those in 2018.
Between 2018 and 2019, poverty rates declined for all race and Hispanic origin groups shown in Figure 8 and Table B-1. The poverty rate for Whites decreased 1.0 percentage point to 9.1 percent. The poverty rate for Blacks decreased by 2.0 percentage points to 18.8 percent. The poverty rate for Hispanics decreased by 1.8 percentage points to 15.7 percent. The poverty rate for Asians decreased 2.8 percentage points to 7.3 percent (Figure 8 and Tables B-1 and B-5).
Between 2018 and 2019, poverty rates for people under the age of 18 decreased 1.8 percentage points, from 16.2 percent to 14.4 percent. Poverty rates decreased 1.2 percentage points for people aged 18 to 64, from 10.7 percent to 9.4 percent. The poverty rate for people aged 65 and older decreased by 0.9 percentage points, from 9.7 percent to 8.9 percent (Figure 8 and Table B-1).

Tables

Figures

Income:

Figure 1. Median Household Income and Percent Change by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]

Figure 2. Real Median Household Income by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1967 to 2019 [<1.0 MB]

Figure C1. Historical Median Income Using Alternative Price Indices: 1967 to 2019 [<1.0 MB]

Income Inequality:

Figure 3. Income Distribution Measures and Percent Change Using Money Income and Equivalence-Adjusted Income [<1.0 MB]

Earnings:

Figure 4. Median Earnings and Percent Change by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]

Figure 5. Female-to-Male Earnings Ratio and Median Earnings of Full-Time, Year-Round Workers 15 Years and Older by Sex: 1960 to 2019 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 6. Total and Full-Time, Year-Round Workers With Earnings by Sex: 1967 to 2019 [<1.0 MB]

Poverty:

Figure 7. Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2019 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 8. Poverty Rate and Percentage Point Change by Selected Characteristics: People [<1.0 MB]

Figure 9. Poverty Rate and Percentage Point Change by Type of Family: Families and People [<1.0 MB]

Figure 10. Poverty Rates by Age and Sex: 2019 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 11. Poverty Rates by Age 1959 to 2019 [<1.0 MB]

Figure 12. Demographic Makeup of the Population at Varying Degrees of Poverty : 2019 [<1.0 MB]

Source Information

For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/cpsmar20.pdf [PDF - <1.0 MB].

The Census Bureau reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release. CBDRB-FY20-372.