Poverty in Texas Today

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POVERTY IN TEXAS TODAY
How Texans Benefit from the War on Poverty Today
INDICATOR YEAR TEXAS
SOURCES 1. Monthly medicaid enrollment, final count, Texas Health and Human Services, http://www.hhsc.state. tx.us/research/MedicaidEnrollment/ME-Monthly.asp. 2. State Health Facts, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, http://kff.org/medicare/state-indicator/ total-medicare-beneficiaries/. 3. Cumulative Enrollment, 2012-2013 Head Start Program Information Report, Enrollment Statistics Report - State Level (Texas), https://hses.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/pir. 4. Texas Legislative Budget Board, top 100 Federal Funding Sources in the Texas State Budget (p. 56), http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Federal_Funds/Other_Publications/583_Top%20100%20Fed%20Funds%20 in%20Texas.pdf. 5. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Report on Student Financial Aid in Texas Higher Education for FY 2012, http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/ PDF/3126.PDF. 6. 12-month running average of monthly SNAP Recipients, January through December 2013, Number of Recipients, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/research/ SNAP-Statewide.asp. 7. Food Research and Action Center, Profile of Hunger, Poverty, and Federal Nutrition Programs, http:// frac.org/reports-and-resources/national-and-stateprogram-data-2/. 8. Working Poor Families Project, Table IICd, PY 2011 National Reporting System.

Medicaid1 All Served 65+ Children Pregnant Women Disabled and Blind Medicare2 Head Start3 Title 1 Grants to ISDs/charter schools4 Pell Grants5 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients (Formerly Food Stamps)6 National School Lunch Program Average Daily Participation7 School Breakfast Program Average Daily Participation7 Adult Basic Education8 July 2013 2012-2013 2012 FY 2012 2013 SY 2011-2012 SY 2011-2012 2010-2011 June 2013 3,644,992 244,727 2,757,708 132,285 545,640 3,187,332 73,206 $1.4 billion 596,700 3,514,305 3,343,737 1,764,388 99,333

Who is Poor in Texas Today?1
INDICATOR YEAR US TEXAS

Total Poverty Rate Children (0-17) Working-age (18-64) 65+ Hispanic White alone, not Hispanic Black or African American Asian Female-headed households (no spouse present) Male headed-households (no spouse present) Liquid Asset Poverty2

2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2010

15.9% 22.6% 14.8% 9.5% 25.4% 11.0% 28.1% 13.0% 17.6% 31.7% 43.9%

17.9% 25.8% 15.6% 11.6% 26.2% 9.6% 24.9% 12.0% 17.2% 34.0% 49.5%
MORE SOURCES 1. All data in Poverty Basics are from Table S1701, 2012 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, unless otherwise noted. 2. CFED Assets and Opportunity Scorecard, http:// scorecard.assetsandopportunity.org/2013/measure/ liquid-asset-poverty-rate?state=tx.



Health Care
INDICATOR YEAR US TEXAS

People in Fair or Poor Health3 Children in Fair or Poor Health (all incomes)4 Children in poverty that are in Fair or Poor Health Uninsured Rate (all incomes) <18 Working Age 65+ All ages Uninsured rate for People Living in Poverty5 <18 Working Age 65+ All ages Percentage of people with:5 Employer-based insurance (all ages) Means-tested public coverage (0-17) Means-tested public coverage (65+) Medicare (65+)
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2005-2011 2011-2012 2011-2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012

10.0% 3.2% 7.1% 7.2% 20.6 1.0% 14.8% 9.4% 39.6% 3.1% 23.6% 54.6% 37.4% 11.1% 14.5% 96.3%

18.0% 3.8% 9.4% 12.4% 30.5% 2.0% 22.5% 13.8% 55.4% 5.6% 35.4% 48.8% 40.7% 7.9% 16.4% 95.1%
3. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, as Cited in County Health Rankings & Roadmaps; http://www. countyhealthrankings.org/app/ texas/2013/measure/outcomes/2/map. 4. National Survey of Children’s Health 5. Table S2701, 2012 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau. 6. These data include Medicaid and any other means-tested public health insurance programs (e.g., CHIP, High Risk Pool, etc.). 7. Table C17003, 2012 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau. 9. Table B25106, 2012 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau 9. LCMI Tracer, Texas Workforce Commission. 10. State of Working Texas, Economic Policy Institute analysis of Current Population Survey data. 11. Economic Policy Institute analysis of Current Population Survey Data, U.S. Census Bureau; http://www.epi.org/ publication/bp341-future-of-work/.

Means-tested public coverage (18-64)
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Economic Opportunity
INDICATOR YEAR US TEXAS

Percentage of people who lived below poverty that have less than High School diploma (ages 25+)7 Percentage of people (all incomes) spending more than 30% of their income on housing8 Annual Unemployment Rate9 Long-term unemployment rate10 Percentage of Workers in Jobs that Pay Poverty Wage11

2012 2012 2012 2012 2010

30.6% 34.7% 8.1% 41.0% 26.0%

40.7% 31.0% 6.8% 33.7% 32.4%

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Food & Nutrition
INDICATOR YEAR US TEXAS

Food Insecurity Rate12 SNAP Participation Rate of Eligible Persons13 WIC Participation Rate for children ages 0-1 School lunch program
15 14

2012 FY 2010 2012 SY 2011-2012 SY 2011-2012

14.5% 72.0% 52.0% 88.1% 50.4%

18.4% 65.0% 59.0% 99.1% 59.7%
12. USDA, Household Food Security in the United States in 2012; http://ers. usda.gov/publications/err-economicresearch-report/err155.aspx#.Usnj9vRDufi. 13. Food Research and Action Center, Profile of Hunger, Poverty, and Federal Nutrition Programs, http://frac.org/ reports-and-resources/national-andstate-program-data-2/. 14. WIC participation calculated from average monthly participation numbers for children 0-1 (from Food Research and Action Center, Profile of Hunger, Poverty, and Federal Nutrition Programs, http://frac.org/reports-and-resources/ national-and-state-program-data-2/), divided by child population <1 (datacenter.kidscount.org). 15. Food Research and Action Center, Profile of Hunger, Poverty, and Federal Nutrition Programs, http://frac.org/ reports-and-resources/national-andstate-program-data-2/. 16. Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data Center analysis of data from the American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau. 17. Table C17003, 2012 American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau. 18. Working Poor Families Project, Table IICd, PY 2011 National Reporting System. 19. Department of Education, Three-Year Official Cohort Default Rate for Schools, http://www2.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/ defaultmanagement/cdr.html; http:// www2.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/defaultma nagement/2010staterates3yr.pdf.

School participation rate Percentage of children that participate in the school lunch program who also participate in the school breakfast program

Education
INDICATOR YEAR US TEXAS

Children ages 2 & 4 not enrolled in Preschool by Poverty Status16 Children below 200% of poverty not in preschool Children at or above 200% of poverty not in preschool 4th graders not proficient in reading by family income16 Economically Disadvantaged Not economically disadvantaged Teens 16-19 Not in school and are not high school graduates16 Young Adults ages 18-24 Enrolled in or Completed College16 Percentage of Adults 25+ living in poverty who have a high school degree or less17 Percent All Students Enrolled in Adult Education Relative to Adults Without HS/GED18 Student Loan Default Rate (3-year cohort)19 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2011 82.0% 52.0% 5.0% 49.0% 63.3% 7.1% 83.0% 57.0% 6.0% 43.0% 68.7% 3.2% 2009-2011 2009-2011 63.0% 45.0% 67.0% 50.0%

2010

14.7%

17.3%

For more information or to request an interview, please contact Alexa Garcia-Ditta at [email protected], 512.823.2873. The Center for Public Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy institute committed to improving public policies to make a better Texas. You can learn more about us at CPPP.org. 7020 Easy Wind Drive, Suite 200 • Austin, TX 78752 • T 512.320.0222 • F 512.320.0227 • CPPP.org POVERTY IN TEXAS TODAY

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