Income levels and poverty rates were not statistically different for most states and metro areas from 2011 to 2012.

Chief, Public Affairs and Media Events Branch, Public Information Office

Survey Statistician, American Community Survey Office

Income, poverty and health insurance statistics for 2012 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) will be released Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. One-year statistics from the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) will be released on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013.

Next week, the Census Bureau is releasing two sources for health insurance statistics in the United States: the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS ASEC) and the American Community Survey (ACS). While both surveys have questions that attempt to measure the same phenomena, they go about it in different ways.

Information about the ACS 2012 data release

Includes information about new tables, modified tables, and deleted/removed tables.

The documentation is provided in support of the American Community Survey data.

Download maps that show the boundaries and names of geographic areas for which the Census Bureau tabulates ACS data.

Learn more about the tools available to obtain statistics from the American Community Survey.

Learn more about our data tools, along with the product type, year(s) available & data set(s), and geographies included, to access the information from the ACS.

The U.S. Census Bureau has releases and infographics showing changes in income and other social, economic, and housing findings for the top 25 metro areas.

The Census Bureau will hold a Web conference to discuss the Sept. 19 release of 2012 American Community Survey statistics.

Release schedule for national income, poverty and health insurance statistics for 2012 from the Current Population Survey, and local estimates from the ACS.