I do not care to talk on the phone everyday, but this report is worth talking about! In fact, this report is worth me calling a few friends tonight to discuss such an outrageous article, which happens to be true.
According to a great article in USA Today: By Douglas Stanglin.
The U.S. poverty rate has risen to 15.1%, the highest since 1983, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. About 46.2 million people, or nearly one in six, were in poverty, compared with 43.6 million, or 14.3%, in 2009. The statistics, contained in the report, titled "Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage: 2010," cover 2010, when U.S. unemployment averaged 9.6%, up from 9.3% the previous year.
Highlights:
Highlights:
- The 2010 official poverty rate for the nation was 15.1%, up from 14.3% in 2009, with 46.2 million people in poverty, an increase of 2.6 million since 2009.
- The percentage of people without health insurance coverage in 2010, 16.3%, was not statistically different from the rate in 2009. The number of uninsured increased to 49.9 million in 2010 from 49 million in 2009.
- Median household income for the nation was $49,400 in 2010, a decline of 2.3% from 2009, when inflation is figured in.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-09-13/census-household-income/50383882/1
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