EQUAL PAY NEW YORK

2008 CENSUS DATA: WOMEN’S INCOMES DECLINE and POVERTY INCREASES

Posted by bneufeld on September 17, 2009 at 09:49 am

Just reported: Women working full time, year round in 2008 earned 77% of what comparable men earned – a statistically significant decrease from the 2007 figure of 78%. When compared to the earnings of White, non-Hispanic men ($51,244), the median earnings of White, non-Hispanic women working full-time, year round were $37,389 in 2008 (73%); Black women: earned $31,489 (61.4%); and Hispanic women earned $26,846 (52.4% ).
Poverty – and extreme poverty – increased significantly between 2007 and 2008 for women, children and men. The number of women living in poverty rose to 15.2 million in 2008 from 14.4 million in 2007. The number of children living in poverty rose to 14.1 million from 13.3 million and the number of men living in poverty rose to 10.6 million from 9.5 million. The child poverty rate rose to 19% in 2008 from 18% in 2007. The poverty rate for married-couple families with children rose significantly, to 7.5% in 2008 from 6.7% in 2007. The poverty rate for female-headed families with children was much higher than that for married couples, at 37.2% in 2008, but was statistically unchanged since 2007. Full Census report