- How the Census Measures Poverty (U.S. Census)
- What is the Supplemental Poverty Measure and How Does It Differ From the Official Measure? (U.S. Census)
- The official poverty measure is garbage. The census has found a better way. (Vox)
Statistics & Demographics
- Incomes of the very poorest American households are falling (Quartz)
- What Is the Average Bank Account Balance? (The Balance)
- What New Census Data Tells Us About Income, Poverty and Wage Growth (Fortune)
- Who are the poor Americans? (BBC News)
- Yes, Half of Americans Are In or Near Poverty: Here's More Evidence (Common Dreams)
- Global Wealth Update: 0.7% Of Adults Control $116.6 Trillion In Wealth (Zero Hedge)
- Wealthiest 1 percent owns 40 percent of country’s wealth (The Washington Post)
- These 7 numbers show just how wide wealth inequality has grown in the United States (Mic)
- Wealth Inequality Is Higher Than Ever (Jacobin)
- Hunger in U.S. Drops to Lowest in a Decade (Bloomberg)
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8 people have same wealth as world's poorest half (USA Today)
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How Poor, Really, Are America’s Poor? (The Daily Signal)