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Poverty level rising in Colo.


By ASSOCIATED PRESS - August 28, 2007


Colorado’s poverty rate is below the national average and its median income is higher, but the percentage of people without health insurance tops the U.S. average, according to new estimates from the Census Bureau.





Tough limits on who can receive insurance from the state and fewer employers who sponsor health coverage may explain why 16.6 percent of the population is uninsured, said Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute analyst Adela Flores-Brennan.





Nationwide, an estimated 15.8 percent of Americans didn’t have health insurance last year.





“Colorado has a really lean Medicaid program, so some people who might not be able get insurance on the private market also can’t qualify for public assistance,” Flores-Brennan said.





A panel working on ways to expand health care in Colorado estimates 791,000 residents are uninsured.





The Census Bureau’s American Community Survey estimates the Colorado poverty rate at 12 percent in 2006, compared with 9.3 percent in the 2000 Census. The Census Bureau reported the national poverty rate at 12.3 percent in 2006, based on the Current Population Survey.





Poverty level





A family of two adults and two children would be considered at the poverty level if their household income was $20,444 or less in 2006.





However, families in the Denver area might need twice that amount just to live without any public or private assistance, Flores-Brennan said. The Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute has recommended restoring earned income tax credits and opening up eligibility for the Colorado State Children’s Health Insurance Program, among other ideas, to help struggling working families.





Meanwhile, wages are going up, but not all Colorado workers are seeing the same increases.





Gary Horvath of the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business said wages in the Denver metro area grew much faster the past two years than elsewhere in Colorado.





“If lower wages are going up at a lower rate, versus higher wages going up at higher rate, there’s going to be a disparity there,” Horvath said.





“We’ve always got to be very careful in how we go forward in that we look at bringing the whole population along, so there’s not a larger spread between those with and without,” state demographer Elizabeth Garner said.





“Although we look good, you still have to be very careful you’re looking for opportunities for your entire population,” she said.





Census estimates show Douglas County had one of the highest median incomes ($92,125) and lowest poverty rates (1.9 percent) in the nation for counties with at least 250,000 people.





Median income for Colorado was $52,015 last year, below the estimated median income of $57,118 in 1999, before the recession.





The Census Bureau said the national median income was $48,200.





Denver Daily News

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