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Census: Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Children Live in Poverty

HeadlineNov 18, 2011

The U.S. Census says the number of children in the United States living in poverty rose by one million last year. Nearly one in three children, or 32.3 percent, now live in households considered poor.

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