Official Poverty Rates and Ratio of Poverty Line to Median Income Across...
"Poverty rates have spiked in every recession since 1967 and continued for one year or longer after the recession ended at the beginning stages of each of the last four decades (in 1970, 1973 to 1975,...
View ArticlePoverty Rates Using Official Measure, by Education Level and Age
"At the very top of the graph, poverty rates rise most steeply for those with less than a high school diploma, and twenty- to twenty-four-year-olds have higher poverty rates than the older groups....
View ArticleSimulated Poverty Rate for All Persons, 2010 through 2016
"The projection is that the official poverty rate for 2010 in this model will be 15 percent (compared to the actual 14.3 percent rate in 2009) and poverty will continue to rise in 2011 and 2012,...
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