Poverty & Income Support

Women & Poverty

Poverty Rates for Women at Historic Highs

Millions of women and families are struggling to keep their heads above water, while the richest 1 percent is doing better than ever.

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Minimum Wage

Women and the Minimum Wage, State by State

The minimum wage is falling short for women, who represent nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers. Find out how many minimum wage workers in your state are women.

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Women and the Recovery

A Long Road Ahead

The pace of the economic recovery has picked up, especially for women. But employment has yet to return to pre-recession levels.

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New Data on Poverty
Minimum Wage
Women & The Recovery

Highlights

Reports & Toolkits | Insecure & Unequal: Poverty Among Women and Families 2000-2012

September 26, 2013

This report provides a gender analysis of national and state poverty and income data for 2012, released by the Census Bureau in September 2013.

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Fact Sheet | National Snapshot: Poverty Among Women & Families, 2012

September 18, 2013

The poverty rates for women, like poverty rates overall, remained at historically high levels in 2012, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released in September 2013. Women’ poverty rates were once again substantially above the poverty rates for men.

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Infographics and Internet Memes | Who makes less than $10.10/hour? Women.

March 5, 2013

The minimum wage is a women's issue. Check out our new infographic to learn more.

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More Resources

Fact Sheet | Women Sharing in Slow Job Growth, but Full Recovery Is a Long Way Off

August 02, 2013

This resource, updated monthly as new data on jobs and unemployment is released, shows how women are faring in the recovery that officially started in June 2009. 

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Infographics and Internet Memes | 60% of Women’s Job Gains in the Recovery Are in Low-Wage Jobs

July 24, 2013

60% of Women’s Job Gains in the Recovery Are in Low-Wage Jobs

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Fact Sheet | 60 Percent of Women’s Job Gains in the Recovery Are in the 10 Largest Low-Wage Jobs

July 23, 2013

Women have regained a large number of the jobs they lost during the recession, but their gains are highly concentrated in low-wage occupations. Sixty percent of the increase in employment for women between 2009 and 2012 was in the 10 largest occupations that typically pay less than $10.10 per hour. In contrast, these 10 low-wage occupations accounted for only 20 percent of men’s employment growth over the same period.

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Fact Sheet | The Minimum Wage and the EITC: Complementary Strategies Helping Women Lift Their Families Out of Poverty

July 15, 2013

The minimum wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) are two federal policies that help low-income workers, especially women, make ends meet and support their families.  Improvements to the minimum wage and EITC are necessary as important complements to – not substitutes for – one another. 

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Reports & Toolkits | Fourth Anniversary of the Recovery Shows Job Gains for Women—But a Long Road to a Full Recovery

July 10, 2013

This report analyzes the employment picture for women and men as of June 2013, the fourth anniversary of the recovery from the deep recession that began in December 2007. Although the pace of the recovery has picked up, especially for women, four years since the start of the recovery in June 2009, employment for women and men has yet to return to pre-recession levels.

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