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Poverty in the United States

In the article “Poverty in the United States” the U.S. Census Bureau compare the poverty rate in 2009 to other years in United States history; give the statistics of the poverty rate in 2009. The U.S. Census Bureau showed the official poverty rate in 2009 an astonishing 14.3 percent; rising 1.2 percent from 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau stated that in 2009 43.6 million people lived in poverty vs. in 2008 when 39.8 million people lived in poverty.  The U.S. Census Bureau showed between 2008 and 2009 the poverty rate increased for non-Hispanic whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians.  The U.S. Census Bureau also stated that the poverty rate increased for children under the age of 18 to 20.7 percent and people from age 18 to 64 to 11.7. Yet the poverty rate for people age 65 and older had decreased to 8.9 percent the lowest percentage of them all.

"Poverty in the United States." Census Population Report 89.10 10. EBSCOhost. Web. 30 Mar 2012. <http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/results?sid=00075f29-d9d8-4311-b254-b69c828545cc@sessionmgr13&vid=3&hid=9&bquery=Poverty AND "in" AND United AND States&bdata=JmRiPWFxaCZkYj10dGgmZGI9aHhoJmRiPW5maCZkYj1nc2gmZGI9cHJoJmRiPWNjeCZ0eXBlPTAmc2l0ZT1laG9zdC1saXZl