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Posted on September 16, 2010 | tags

 
 

U.S.: Poverty rate numbers: Not unexpected, but still very high

  • 14.3% the poverty rate in the U.S. in 2009 – the highest level since 1994
  • 43.6M the number of Americans currently in need of some sort of help
  • oneethnic group – Asians – didn’t see their poverty levels rise source