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The United States Census Bureau recently issued a set of three reports—Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2018, and The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2018. The reports found that median household income held steady at $63,179 between 2017 and 2018. Social Security, refundable tax credits, housing subsidies, and other federal aid kept nearly 47.8 million people out of poverty. The number of people in poverty decreased by 1.4 million, representing a 0.5 percentage point decrease to a rate of 11.8 percent.
