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| administrator, drm, business, newsgeek, higher education, ice t, words, earn commission, pam spaulding, mp3, university, advanced, concert, forums, electric guitar, buy, pop, | Overall, there were 37 million Americans living in kevin connolly poverty in 2004 (2004 poverty thresholds provided here). kevin connolly This was an increase in 1.1 million people from 2003. Poverty rose in all ethnic groups save one — Asian-Americans kevin connolly — where poverty dropped two percentage points from 2003 to 2004. The poverty rate among the elderly dropped also from 2003. But that was the extent of the good news. Poverty rates were unchanged for blacks (24.7 percent) and Hispanics (21.9 percent) from 2003. The main increase was for non-Hispanic whites which experienced an increase to 8.6 percent, up from 8.2 percent in 2003. When the government began measuring poverty, back in 1959, over 39 million people (or a little over 22 percent of the population) were living in poverty. |
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| create an account | faq ] [ hide sidebar ] top stories4 new stories 239 new comments etcetera2 new stories 55 new comments filmtv2 new stories 160 new comments music1 new story 27 new comments politics6 new stories 308 new comments scitech1 new story 12 new comments work1 new newsgeek story 24 new comments Poverty — A Growth Industry During The Bush Yearsfound on The Washington Post newsgeek written by mazdadriver, edited by John (Plastic) [ read unedited ]posted Wed 31 newsgeek Aug 7:26amIt's not like President Bush really needed more bad news. What with Hurricane Katrina, his sagging job approval ratings, and more people siding with Cindy Sheehan than with him, he must feel like he's living under a dark cloud. That cloud just grew a bit darker as the Census Bureau released a report (160pg PDF) which showed, for the fourth year in a row, poverty has grown in the US. |
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