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发表于 2010-9-16 22:58
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美国平均家庭年收入5万，失业率10%。每七个人中，有一个法定穷人。
U.S. poverty rate jumps highest since 1994 Census Bureau says 43.6 million people in poverty, up near 4 million in a year
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
updated 2 hours 9 minutes ago
- WASHINGTON — The number of people living in poverty has climbed to 14.3 percent of Americans, the highest rate since 1994.
The Census Bureau said in a statement on its website that about 43.6 million people, or 1 in 7, were in poverty last year.
That's up from 39.8 million, or 13.2 percent, in 2008, in the third consecutive annual increase.
The bureau added that there were 8.8 million families living in poverty in 2009.
The number of people lacking health insurance rose from 46.3 million to 50.7 million, due mostly to the loss of employer-provided health insurance during the recession. Congress passed a health overhaul earlier this year to extend coverage to more people.
The statistics released Thursday cover President Barack Obama's first year in office, when unemployment climbed to 10 percent in the months after the financial meltdown.
The median — or midpoint — household income was $49,777 in 2009, although the bureau said this was not "statistically different" from the 2008 median.
These findings are contained in a report, called Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009.
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