Poverty in America

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Poverty in America
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Poverty Line

• The level of income below which one cannot
• afford to purchase all the resources one
• requires to live.
• 37 million people live in poverty in U.S.
• 12 of American people live in poverty
• Child poverty rate is even higher.

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5 Factors Strongly Related to Poverty

• Race and ethnicity
• Most poor people are white, however, by
  percentage Latinos and African Americans are more
  likely to be poor.
• 2. Female head of household
• Female headed households produce the greatest
  number of people in poverty.
• 3. Region-Some areas of the country have fewer
  economic opportunities.

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• 4. Age- Aged are more likely to live in poverty
  than the rest of the adult population
• 5. Disabilities- 1/5 of all disabled people live
  below the poverty line.