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What will be the 2011 US poverty rate?

What will be the 2011 US poverty rate?

Asked by: Super Userkruijs in Politics » United States
Settled on 09/12/2012 20:40 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:15,0% or lower The nation's official poverty rate in 2011 was 15.0 percent, with 46.2 million people in poverty. After three consecutive years of increases, neither the poverty rate nor the number of people in poverty were statistically different from the 2010 estimates.

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb12-172.html

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15,1% or higher
15,0% or lower

Background

The nation's official poverty rate in 2010 was 15.1 percent, up from 14.3 percent in 2009 ─ the third consecutive annual increase in the poverty rate. There were 46.2 million people in poverty in 2010, up from 43.6 million in 2009 ─ the fourth consecutive annual increase and the largest number in the 52 years for which poverty estimates have been published.

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb11-157.html

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