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 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 ...

In much of the United States, a six-figure salary once signaled security. Now, for a family of four facing rent, child care and health insurance, even $140,000 can feel like a tight budget rather than ...

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

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' ...

Researchers at Boston Medical Center, working with colleagues at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Harvard ...

Low-income families often aren't able to take control of their health, despite the fact that many of them have health ...

Preterm birth rates in the US show disparities by household income and race, with Black mothers having higher risks for ...

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 ...