Poverty Declined Last Year, But Many Americans Face Economic hardship

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Sun, 09/22/2024 - 6:30am

The official poverty rate fell because overall household income rose modestly in 2023—even after taking inflation into account—according to other census data. The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation’s official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on September 10, 2024.

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Poverty declined last year, but many Americans face economic hardship
The official poverty rate fell because overall household income rose modestly in 2023—even after taking inflation into account—according to other census data.
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The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation's official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on Sept. 10, 2024. The data released ...
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Official US poverty rate declined in 2023, but more people faced economic hardship
The data released also indicated that the poverty rate declined ... Americans from economic destitution. The result is that the percentage of Americans experiencing poverty in any given year ...
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Official US poverty rate declined in 2023, but more people faced economic hardship
About 1 in 9 Americans are facing poverty today. But more than half of the people residing in the US will experience poverty at some point in their adult lives.
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Poverty in the U.S. increased last year, even as incomes rose, Census Bureau says
More Americans are struggling to afford necessities like rent, child care and medical expenses. That caused the Supplemental Poverty Measure − used by social scientists − to rise, even as the number ...
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