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That cloud just grew a bit darker as the label Census Bureau released label a report (160pg PDF) which showed, for the fourth year label in a row, poverty has grown in the US. Overall, there were 37 million Americans living in poverty in 2004 (2004 poverty thresholds provided here). This was an increase in 1.1 million people from 2003. Poverty rose in all ethnic groups save one — Asian-Americans — 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. From that point, until 2000, the overall poverty has generally decreased year to year.
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