Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in South Carolina: 2006
The Census Bureau's report Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 was released on August 28, 2007. The report presented data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC). To view the entire report, please visit the U.S. Census Bureau website.
Data from previous years is available in the Archives.
Income
Two-Year-Average1 Median Household Income by State2: 2004-2006
(Income in 2006 dollars)
| Median income 2004-2005 average (dollars) | Median income 2005-2006 average (dollars) | Changes in median income (2005-2006 average less 2004-2005 average) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median income | 90-percent confidence interval3 (±) | Median income | 90-percent confidence interval3 (±) | Dollars | Percentage change | |
| South Carolina | 41,424 | 1,578 | 40,583 | 1,751 | -841 | -2.0 |
| United States | 47,584 | 251 | 48,023 | 249 | 439* | 0.9* |
* Statistically different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.
1 The 2-year-average median is the sum of two inflation-adjusted single-year medians divided by 2.
2 The 2004 data have been revised to reflect a correction to the weights in the 2005 ASEC.
3 A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's variability. The larger the confidence interval in relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate. For more information see Standard Errors and their Use.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 to 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Three-Year-Average Median1 Household Income by State: 2004-2006 2
(Income in 2006 dollars)
| Median income (dollars) | Number of states3 with median income: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | Standard error | 90-percent confidence interval4 (±) | Not statistically different from: | Higher than state of interest | Higher than state of interest | |
| South Carolina | 40,822 | 861 | 1,416 | 5 | 37 | 7 |
1 The 3-year-average median is the sum of three inflation-adjusted single-year medians divided by 3.
2 The 2004 data have been revised to reflect a correction to the weights in the 2005 ASEC.
3 Excludes the District of Columbia.
4 A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's variability. The larger the confidence interval in relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate. For more information see Standard Errors and their Use.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 to 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Poverty
Percentage of People in Poverty Using 2- and 3-year Averages: 2004 to 2006
(People as of March the following year)
| 3-year average 2004-2006 1 | 2-year average | Change in percentage points (2005-2006 average less 2004-2005 average)2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | 90-percent confidence interval 3 (±) | 2004-20051 | 2005-2006 | Percentage | 90-percent confidence interval 3 (±) | |||
| Percentage | 90-percent confidence interval3 (±) | Percentage | 90-percent confidence interval3 (±) | |||||
| South Carolina | 13.7 | 1.5 | 15.0 | 1.8 | 13.1 | 1.7 | *-1.8 | 1.4 |
| United States | 12.5 | .2 | 12.7 | .2 | 12.5 | .2 | *-0.2 | .2 |
* Statistically different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.
1 The 2004 data have been revised to reflect a correction to the weights in the 2005 ASEC.
2 Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.
3 A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's variability. The larger the confidence interval in relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate. For more information see Standard Errors and their Use.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 to 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.
Health Insurance Coverage
Percentage of People Without Health Insurance Coverage Using 2- and 3-Year Averages: 2004 to 2006
(Numbers in thousands. People as of March the following year.)
| 3-year average 2004-2006 | 2-year average | Change in percentage points (2005-2006 average less 2004-2005 average)2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (In Thousands) |
90-percent confidence interval3 (±) | Percentage | 90-percent confidence interval3 (±) | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | Percentage | 90-percent confidence interval3 (±) | |||
| Percentage | 90-percent confidence interval3 (±) | Percentage | 90-percent confidence interval3 (±) | |||||||
| South Carolina | 667 | 45 | 16.0 | 1.1 | 16.0 | 1.3 | 16.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| United States | 45102 | 358 | 15.3 | 0.1 | 15.1 | 0.1 | 15.5 | 0.1 | *0.4 | 0.1 |
* Statistically different from zero at the 90-percent confidence level.
1 The 2004 and 2005 data have been revised since originally published.
2 The data in this column are derived from estimates that include 2005 twice--the first in the 2004-2005 average and the second in the 2005-2006 average. Therefore, estimates in this column are equivalent to measuring half of the percentage-point difference between 2004 and 2006.
3 A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's variability. The larger the confidence interval in relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate. For more information see Standard Errors and their Use.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2005 to 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplements.