Poverty in the U.S. spikes:
http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/16/news/economy/Census_poverty_rate/index.htm?hpt=T1Snippet:
The nation's poverty rate jumped to 14.3% in 2009, its highest level since 1994, and the 43.6 million Americans in need is the highest number in 51 years of record-keeping, the government said Thursday.
The Office of Management and Budget defined the poverty threshold level as less than $21,954 for a family of four in 2009. The poverty rate increased for all racial groups except Asians.
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