Census Bureau Releases Schedule for Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics and American Community Survey Estimates

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey issued the following news release:

The U.S. Census Bureau's schedule for the release of the 2021 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance statistics from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) and the American Community Survey (ACS) is as follows:

Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 (no embargo): CPS ASEC will be released for calendar year 2021.

* National 2021 income statistics: Annual release of estimates on income, earnings and inequality in order to evaluate national economic trends and to understand their effect on the well-being of households and individuals.

* National 2021 poverty statistics: Annual release of official poverty and Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) estimates to help understand the economic well-being of households, families and individuals based on national poverty rates and SPM rates for the nation and states. This is the first year that official poverty and SPM estimates will be released in the same report.

* National 2021 health insurance coverage statistics: Annual release of national-level health insurance coverage estimates highlighting national trends in health coverage and examining characteristics by health insurance status in order to better understand the well-being of individuals. State-level ACS data will be released September 15.

Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 (embargo Sept. 13): 2021 ACS 1-year estimates will be released.

* 2021 American Community Survey: Statistics on numerous demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics (including language spoken at home, educational attainment, commute to work, employment, mortgage status and rent, as well as income, poverty and health insurance coverage) will be available. Statistics will be available for geographic areas with populations of 65,000 or more. Embargo subscribers can access these statistics beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Sept. 13, for release at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 15.

* 2021 American Community Survey Data Profiles, Detailed Tables, Comparison Profiles, Selected Population Profiles, Subject Tables and Summary File.

* State-level 2021 health insurance coverage statistics: State uninsured rates, along with private and public health insurance coverage rates, will be included in the ACS release.

Statistical Testing Spreadsheet

This American Community Survey statistical comparison tool helps users carry out statistical testing for two or more ACS estimates. The spreadsheet factors in the margin of error to determine whether the estimates are significantly different (higher or lower) or are not significantly different from each other. For more information on using the statistical testing tool, click here to read our blog (https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2016/07/using-census-bureau-data-made-easier-new-statistical-testing-tool-answers-the-question-is-this-comparison-statistically-significant.html).

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Original text here: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/key-dates-iphi-acs.html