Chart Index
Subjects
Poverty
I. Poverty and the macroeconomy
Actual and simulated poverty, 1959-2009
Poverty, 2009, and projected poverty, 2010
II. Poverty demographics – age, race, ethnicity, family type, and nativity
Poverty rates by age 1959-2009
Poverty rate by race and ethnicity, 1973-2009
Poverty rates of households with children, married couples and female-headed households, 1959-2009
Poverty rates by nativity and citizenship, 1993-2009
Poverty rates by age and race, 2009
III. Poverty – twice poverty, deep poverty, relative poverty, and persistance
Share of poor below half the poverty line, 1975-2009
Poverty and twice-poverty rates, 1959-2009
Share of the population below 50% of median income and share living below poverty line, 1979-2009
Length of time in poverty over three year period, 2001-03
IV. Alternative poverty measures
Official and alternative poverty rates by age, 2007
Official and alternative poverty rates by race, 2007
Official and alternative poverty rates by region, 2007
Official and alternative poverty rates by residence, 2007
Comparison of poverty measures
V. Government policy and poverty
Child poverty* rates in OECD countries before and after taxes and transfers, 2000
Poverty* rates in OECD countries before and after taxes and transfers, mid-2000′s
Per capita Social Security expenditures and poverty rate for 65+, 1959-2009
The effect of work support and safety net programs on low-wage worker’s resources and expenses
VI. Poverty and low-wage workers
Real hourly wages at 20th percentile by gender, 1973 – 2009
The characteristics of poverty-wage workers, 2009
Share of workers earning poverty-level wages by race, 1973-2009
Income
I. Median Family Income
Real median family income, 1947-2009
Productivity and real median family income growth, 1947-2009
Median family income (2009 dollars) by race/ethnic group, 1947-2009
Ratio of black and Hispanic to white median family income, 1947-2009
Median family income by age of householder, 1979-2009 (2009 dollars)
Median family income*, 1947-2009 (2009 dollars)
Years for real median family income to regain prior peak
II. Median Household Income
Real median household income, 1979 – 2009
Change in real median household income, by race and ethnicity, 2007-09
III. Income inequality – faster growth at the top
Real median family income and income assuming growth rate of average income, 1975-2009
Real family income growth by income fifth, 1947-1973
Real family income growth by income fifth, 1973-2000
Real family income* growth by fifth, 2000-07
Real family income growth by income fifth, 2007-09
Low-, middle-, and high-income growth, 1947-2009
Ratio of family income of top 5% to lowest 20%, 1947-2009
Change in real family income following peak years
Real annual family income growth by quintile, 1947-79 and 1979-2009
Real family income (2009 dollars) by income percentile, 1947-2009
IV. Income inequality – greater concentration at the top
Share of pre-tax income growth, 1979-2007
Change in income shares, pre- and post-tax, 1979-2005
Household income shares, 1979-2007
Share of household income, bottom 99.5%, 1973-2008
Share of total income accruing to the top 1% and 95-99%, 1947-79 and 1979-2008
Share of income (including capital gains) held by top 1%, 1913-2008
Share of household income held by bottom 99.5%, 1913-2008
Share of family income by income fifth, 1947-2009
V. Expanding capital incomes
Shares of income by type and sector, 1959-2009
Share of market-based personal income by income type, 1959-2009
Growing inequality is being driven by both higher labor and investment income at the very top
Share of capital income received by income groups, 1979-2007
VI. Taxes
Average federal tax rates by income group, 1960-2004
Household income growth by income group, 1979-2005, pre- and post-tax
Effective tax rates for selected federal taxes, 1979-2006
Federal and state/local revenue as a share of GDP, 1969-2009
VII. Family work hours
Annual hours of work, married men and women, 25-54, with children, 1979-2009, by income fifth
Trends in average annual hours worked for married couples (age 25-54), with children, 1975-2009
Income growth in the 1990s and 2000s and the roles of earnings, hours, and hourly wages
Median family income by family type, 1973-2009 (2009 dollars)
Real income growth of married-couple families (age 25-54), 1979-2009
VIII. Income inequality in peer countries
Share of U.S. median income received by low- and high- income households, 2005
Top 0.1% income share in selected countries, excluding capital gains
IX. Mobility
Share of families that experience a 50% or greater drop in income
Cumulative growth in family income volatility since 1973
X. Consumption
Real expenditures by income fifth, 2000-2007
XI. Income and health
Life expectancy for male Social Security-covered workers (age 60) by earnings group, 1972 and 2001
Wages
I. Hourly wages
Hourly wage and compensation growth for production/non-supervisory workers, 1959-2009
Share of workers earning poverty-level wages by gender, 1973-2009
Share of workers earning poverty-level wages by race, 1973-2009
Entry-level wages of male and female high school graduates age 19-25, 1973-2009
Entry-level wages of male and female college graduates, 1973-2009
The real value of the minimum wage, 1960-2010
II. Compensation (total and non-wage)
Private-sector employer-provided health insurance coverage, workers 18-64 years old, 1979-2009
Private-sector, employer-provided pension coverage, 1979-2009
Workers with pension coverage by type of plan, 1983-2007
Private-sector, employer-provided pension coverage, 1979-2009
Health and pension coverage for recent high school graduates, 1979-2009
Health and pension coverage for recent college graduates, 1979-2009
III. Wage inequality
Change in real hourly wages by wage percentile, 1973-2009
Change in real hourly wages for men by wage percentile, 1973-2009
Change in real hourly wages for women by wage percentile, 1973-2009
Men’s wage inequality, 1973-2009
Women’s wage inequality, 1973-2009
95/50 wage ratio by gender, 1973-2009
College/high school wage premium, 1973-2009
Union coverage rate in the United States, 1973-2009
Ratio of average CEO total direct compensation to average production worker compensation, 1965-2009
Health
I. Employer-sponsored health insurance, under 65
Share of under-65 population with employer-sponsored health insurance, 1999-2009
Rates of employer-sponsored health insurance by age, 2000 and 2009
Rates of employer-sponsored health insurance by education*, population under 65, 2000 and 2009
II. Coverage for workers
Private-sector employer-provided health insurance coverage, workers 18-64 years old, 1979-2009
Health and pension coverage for recent high school graduates, 1979-2009
Health and pension coverage for recent college graduates, 1979-2009
III. Sources of coverage (or lack thereof)
Share of under-65 population without health insurance, 1959-2007
Sources of insurance for the population under 65, 2000 and 2009
Rates of any insurance and employer-sponsored health insurance coverage, under 65 years old
Duration without health insurance coverage, between 2001 and 2003
Rates of Medicaid/SCHIP* and employer-sponsored health insurance for children under 18, 2000-2009
IV. Life expectancy and infant mortality
Life expectancy for male Social Security-covered workers (age 60) by earnings group, 1972 and 2001
Life expectancy at 25 by race and education for women, 2000
Infant mortality, per 1,000 births, 1979 and 2006
Racial* disparities in infant mortality rates, 1980-2007, selected years
Life expectancy and health spending per capita, 2007*
V. Health costs and security
Percent of adults over 18 reporting a cost-related access problem*, 2007
Racial differences in health care insecurity, 2007
Public and private expenditures on health care spending (as percent of GDP), 2007*
Jobs
I. The Great Recession
Indexed job loss for prior four recessions
Percent change in total private employment and index of aggregate weekly hours since recession start
II. Unemployment
Unemployment rate for total population age 16 and older, 1948-2010
Unemployment rate of population age 16 and older by race and ethnicity, 1973 – 2010
Unemployment rates of population age 25 and older by educational attainment, 1979-2010
Unemployment rate of population age 16 and older by race and gender, 1973-2010
Unemployment rate of population age 16 and older by gender, 1948-2010
Unemployment rate of the population age 16-24, 25-54, and 55 and older, 1948-2010
The NAIRU versus actual unemployment rate
Unemployment rate of United States, Japan, and E.U. 15
Standardized* unemployment rates, 1979-2009
III. Jobs
Gross job gains and losses as a share of total employment
Total nonfarm and private employment, 1979-2010
Annualized peak-to-peak growth in total nonfarm and total private employment, 1959-2007
Part-time* status as a share of total employment, 1968-2010
Peak-to-peak annual growth rates by industry, 1979-2007
Employment in temporary help services as a share of total nonfarm employment, 1990-2010
IV. Underemployment
Underemployment rate of population age 16 and older by educational attainment, 1994-2010
Underemployment rate of population age 16 and older by gender, 1994-2010
Underemployment rate of population age 16 and older by race and ethnicity, 1994-2010
V. Labor force
Labor force participation rate of population age 16-24, 25-54, and 55 and older, 1948-2010
Labor force participation rate for total population age 16 and older, 1948-2010
Labor force participation rates of population age 25 and older by educational attainment, 1992-2010
Share of over-25 population with high school and college degrees
Labor force participation rate of population age 16 and older, by gender
Labor force participation rate of population age 16 and older by race, 1973-2010
Labor force participation rate for population age 16 and older by race and gender, 1973-2010
VI. Employment-to-population ratio
Employment-to-population ratio of population age 16 and older, 1948-2010
The employment-to-population ratio age 16-24, 25-54 and 55 and older, 1948-2010
Employment-to-population ratio of population 25 and older by educational attainment, 1992-2010
Employment-to-population ratio of population age 16 and older by gender, 1948-2010
Employment-to-population ratio of population age 16 and older by race, 1973-2010
Employment-to-population ratio age 16 and older by race and gender, 1973-2010
VII. Duration of unemployment
Percent of the labor force that has been unemployed for more than six months
The share of the unemployed who have been jobless for six months or more
Average and median duration of unemployment
VIII. Job Openings
The job seekers ratio (the number of unemployed workers per every job opening)
Unemployed and job openings, by industry (in thousands)
Three month moving-average of hires and layoffs, December 2000 – September 2010
Wealth
I. Household wealth
Average wealth by wealth class in 2009
Average and median net worth of households by race, 2009
Median net worth of households by race, 2001-09
Growth of household net worth, 1965 – 2009
Distribution of wealth by class, 1983 – 2009
The ratio of the wealthiest 1% to median wealth in the United States
Annual net worth of “Forbes 400″ wealthiest individuals
II. Financial wealth
Growth of inflation-adjusted S&P 500, 1955 – 2009
Distribution of stock market wealth by wealth class, 1962 – 2007
Distribution of growth in stock market holdings by wealth class, 1989 – 2007
III. Housing wealth
Homeownership rates by income quartile, 2009
Homeownership rates by race, 1975 – 2009
Consumer bankruptcies per 1,000 adults and financial obligations ratio, 1989 – 2009
Homeownership rate and real home prices, 1965 – 2009
Homeowner’s equity as a percent of home value, 1945 – 2009
IV. Household debt
Household debt as a percentage of disposable income, 1946 – 2009
Consumer credit and home equity loans as a percentage of disposable income, 1946 – 2009
Distribution in growth of debt, 1989 – 2007
International
I. Labor market policy
Gender gap in employment rates (ages 15-64), 1979-2009
Employment rates (ages 15-64) by gender, 1979-2009
Hourly compensation of manufacturing production workers,1979-2007 (U.S.=100)
Unemployment rates by education level (persons age 25-64), 2007
Unemployment rates, United States, Japan, and E.U. 15
Standardized* unemployment rates, 1979-2009
Average annual hours actually worked per worker, 1979-2009
II. Macroeconomic policy
Per capita GDP using purchasing-power parity, 1950-2009 (2009 dollars)
Productivity levels, 1950-2009 (2009 purchasing power parity dollars)
Collective bargaining coverage in relation to productivity
III. Distribution
Share of U.S. median income received by low- and high- income households, 2005
Child poverty* rates before and after taxes and transfers, 2000
Poverty* rates before and after taxes and transfers, mid-2000′s
Top 0.1% income share in selected countries, excluding capital gains
Collective bargaining in relation to inequality*
IV. Social policy
Infant mortality, per 1,000 births, 1979 and 2006
Life expectancy and health spending per capita, 2007*
Public and private expenditures on health care spending (as percent of GDP), 2007*
Mandated maternity leave and paid maternity leave compared to public spending on child care
Comparison of total statutory leave time and average weeks worked per year
V. Mobility
Education correlations of parents and children
Probability of sons of fathers in bottom 20% to escape bottom 40%
Probability for daughters of fathers in bottom 20% to escape bottom 40%
Intergenerational correlations, fathers and sons, U.S., U.K., Europe, and Scandinavia
Mobility
I. Education
Intergenerational mobility by college education
Education correlations of parents and children
Income quartile of the entering class at top universities and community colleges
The role of education and education-based wage differentials on intergenerational mobility
College completion by income status and 8th grade test scores
II. Income
Percent of children who end up in the bottom fifth as adults based on parent’s income
Probability of sons of fathers in bottom 20% to escape bottom 40%
Share of families that experience a 50% or greater drop in income
Estimated correlations between sons’ and parents’ incomes, 1950-2000
Probability for daughters of fathers in bottom 20% to escape bottom 40%
Cumulative growth in family income volatility since 1973
Intergenerational correlations, fathers and sons, U.S., U.K., Europe, and Scandinavia
