Recent Sentier Reports and Data Releases
Trends in Household Income: December 2011 Released February 9, 2012 (6 pages as .pdf) No Charge
This report contains our latest estimates of household income for December 2011 as well as our time series, the Household Income Index(HII) covering January 2000 to December 2011. Download Report
Changes in Household Income for Regions,Divisions,States and Metropolitan Areas: 2007 to 2010 (42 pages as .pdf) $25.00
This report is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). Using two data files from the ACS, each based on 3.5 million interviewed households, we compare the level of household income for the three-year time period before the recent recession (2005-2007) with the three-year time period during and after the recession (2008-2010). The comparisons are made for the four regions, the nine divisions, the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and 297 individual metropolitan areas. It includes number of households, median household income, and the income levels defining the top 1-percent.
Excel Spreadsheet File for Regions, Divisions, and States: 2007 to 2010 (as .xls) $25.00
A spreadsheet showing number of households, mean and median household incomes, detailed household income distributions, and income levels defining the top 1-percent for the four Census regions, nine Census Divisions, and all States and the District of Columbia for 2007 and 2010. These data are based on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 3-year estimation files for 2005-2007 and 2008-2010. The sample size for each file is approximately 3.5 million households.
Excel Spreadsheet File for 297 Metropolitan Areas: 2007 to 2010 (as .xls) $25.00
A spreadsheet showing number of households, mean and median household incomes, detailed household income distributions, and income levels defining the top 1-percent for 297 metropolitan areas for 2007 and 2010. These data are based on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 3-year estimation files for 2005-2007 and 2008-2010. The sample size for each file is approximately 3.5 million households.
Effects of Reductions in the Social Security Payroll Tax Rate for 2011 and 2012 (11 pages as .pdf) No charge.
Sentier Research has prepared a bulletin containing a brief analysis of the effects of the current and proposed Social Security tax rate reductions. The bulletin contains estimates of the level of savings acheived by households under the current reduction in place (4.2 percent from 6.2 percent) and the proposed further reduction to 3.1 percent. It includes estimates of payments and saving by household income deciles and by selected household characteristics. Download here
Household Income Trends During the Recession and Economic Recovery (23 pages as .pdf) $20.00
This report provides an analysis of changes in household income during the recession and contrasts those with changes during the recovery. This examination includes statistics by selected household demographic, social, and economic characteristics. The report also introduces a new household income index(HII) covering the period from January 2000 to June 2011.