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Poverty Rate Sharply Rises in US

HeadlineSep 13, 2010

New census data is expected to show the number of Americans living in poverty soared last year. It is estimated one in seven Americans lived in poverty in 2009, the highest level since the 1960s. The data is also expected to show that blacks and Latinos were disproportionately hit by the economic crisis.

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