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发帖数: 10208 | 1 The Census Bureau reported that 2012 U.S. median household income has
remained essentially flat at $51,324, only a $47 step up from last year.
For Virginia, 2012 brought a steeper decline. Income fell by $1,400, or 2.2
percent. Economists said the state was particularly vulnerable to federal
budget cuts and faces the specter of more this year. Income also fell by at
least $400 in another eight states.
The District and 13 states saw income rise last year by at least $400,
suggesting that they could have turned a corner. In another 24 states the
change was less than $400; but in many, as in the nation, that may be
welcome after years of declines.
By this yardstick, there were significant income increases for 2012 in
Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts and Oregon. There were significant declines
in Missouri and Virginia. | G****a
发帖数: 10208 | 2 New census data released Thursday painted a grim picture of the economic
recovery in the United States. Still there were bright spots in California.
Poverty levels and household incomes for 2012 remained below 2007 levels in
many parts of the country and haven't changed much from the year before.
The number of Americans living in poverty -- a record 46.5 million --
remained largely unchanged in 2012. And the data show that the share of
households with incomes below $24,999 stands at 24.4%. That's up from 21.7%
in 2008.
But the census figures did show that California's coastal areas -- San
Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles -- have seen steadier economic gains in
the five years since the financial crash.
Thursday's report, derived from the American Community Survey, provided
local data for 25 metro regions, including four in California.
The economic picture in the Bay Area remained essentially unchanged from the
previous year, with median household income in the metro region at $74.922
in 2012. The poverty rate also was unchanged at 11.9%.
In Los Angeles, median household income in Los Angeles was $57,271, also not
much different than the year before. Poverty levels, however, ticked up to
17.6% last year, up from 17% in 2011.
The news wasn't good for the Riverside metro area, however, where income
levels have dropped further and poverty levels have risen. Median household
income fell to $51,695 in 2012 from $53,201 the year before, Thursday's
figures show.
The share of Riverside-area residents living in poverty also rose, climbing
to 19% in 2012 -- up one percentage point from 2011. |
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