Census: More than 48 Million Americans Live in Poverty
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — More than 48 million Americans were living below the poverty line in 2013, the U.S. Census Bureau reported in its supplemental poverty measure Thursday.
But in a bit of good news, last year’s poverty rate — 15.5 percent — was actually down from 0.5 percent from 2012.
The supplemental poverty measure, as opposed to the national poverty rate, takes into account various benefits, expenses and resources faced by and available to families.
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