The Census Bureau tomorrow will release its findings on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage in America for 2011. Over the past week, we’ve issued several preview pieces to help readers understand what the data may say:
What to Look for in Wednesday’s Poverty Data — And What the Official Data Won’t Tell Us: Poverty could rise again; if it does, it will have risen significantly in eight of the last 11 years. Such an increase in 2011 would continue a trend that began with the recession of 2001, continued through the last economic expansion (an unusual development since poverty usually declines during economic recoveries), and accelerated after 2007 due to the Great Recession.