Nearly 1 in 6 in US Lives in Poverty
Unsettling news from the US Census Bureau: Nearly one in six people lived in poverty last year. About 46.2 million people, or 15.1%, were below the poverty line, compared to 43.6 million, or 14.3%, in 2009, the AP reports. CNN adds that the poverty rate was…
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Nearly 1 in 6 in US Lives in Poverty
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on September 13, 2011. Filed under News, World News.
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