The share of children in poverty fell by nearly half in 2021, thanks mainly to a one-year enhancement of the enhanced child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. Some 5.2% of ...

Sept 13 (Reuters) - A key measure of how many Americans lived in poverty in 2021 fell to a record low thanks in large part to federal government assistance measures aimed at supporting households ...

The average American income was essentially flat last year at $70,784, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday. The inflation-adjusted median U.S. household income fell 0.6% from the 2020 estimate of ...

The Houston region saw the second-largest population spike among major metros in the U.S. between the summers of 2021 and 2022, trailing only the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to an analysis of ...