Seniors are the only age group that saw a rise in poverty in 2024, Census Bureau data show. Without government help, it could get worse, experts say.

Poverty rates ticked up among seniors in the United States in 2024, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau ...

More older Americans were living in poverty in 2024, new data on income, poverty, and health insurance released by the Census ...

The cost-of-living adjustment is closely watched, because as many as 39% of seniors rely on Social Security for all of their ...

The Census Bureau’s estimates dramatically overstate the share of seniors living in poverty. For years the bureau has been working to create more accurate elderly poverty data, and those data show a ...

The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024, not statistically different from the 2023 estimate of $82,690. These findings come from three Census ...

The combination of inflation and rising housing cost is taking a toll on the older generation. Across the U.S., the percentage of people 65 years and older in poverty has increased. The U.S. Census ...

Census data show about 7 million Californians couldn’t afford basic needs in 2024. Poverty among children, older residents surged.

An important scholarly article has just been published in a leading peer-reviewed professional journal, offering definitive challenges to long-standing views on the sources, levels, and distribution ...

Old age has become a strangely tangled subject in the United States. Even after Joe Biden delivered one of the worst debate performances in recent history, his defenders routinely denounced his ...