FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Information Office CB96-158 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov **CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY** CENSUS BUREAU TO HOLD ANNUAL NEWS CONFERENCE ON INCOME, POVERTY, VALUATION OF NONCASH BENEFITS, AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE Washington, D.C.--The Commerce Department's Census Bureau will hold its annual "Income and Poverty" news conference on September 26 at the National Press Club. Daniel Weinberg, chief of Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division at the Census Bureau, will discuss the findings in this year's reports. Included in his remarks will be information on income, poverty status, and health care coverage for the nation and states. Findings discussed at this year's news conference are from the March 1996 Current Population Survey. Details regarding the news conference are as follows: Thursday, September 26 10 a.m. News Conference on Income, Poverty, Valuation of Noncash Benefits, and Health Insurance Coverage National Press Club, First Amendment Room 14th and F Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20045 Audio coverage of the news conference will be carried live on a 1-800 telephone circuit. A limited number of lines will be available for this coverage. Media representatives interested in receiving the audio feed should call the Census Bureau's Press Office at 301-457-3030 for details.-X-September 23, 1996
