[Livingwage] 1.3M *more* Americans in poverty this yr

[R Braun]

Poverty Rate Rose in 2001 to 11.7 Percent, Census Reports

(full article: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Poverty.html)

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 12:17 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. poverty rate rose for the first time in
eight years and household income fell last year, a double dose of bad
economic news that coincided with the first recession in a decade,
the Census Bureau said Tuesday.

There were 32.9 million Americans living in poverty last year, up from
31.6 million in 2000. The rate of 11.7 percent was up from 11.3 percent
the previous year, which was the lowest level since 1974.
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