Poverty Continues to Grow in 2012

from US Census 2012 American Community Survey

In 2000, about 33.3 million people or 12.2 percent of the U.S. population had income below their respective poverty level. In 2012, the number of people in poverty increased to 48,760,123 people or 15.9 percent of the U.S. population from the 2011 level of 48,452,035.

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Poverty Grows in USA in 2012

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