Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:37:48 GMT
Number of Americans in poverty held steady, while incomes fell
The Census Bureau reported on Wednesday
that the amount of Americans who lived in poverty in 2011 was 15% or
46.2 million people, which is an insignificant change from the figure
for the preceding year, which was 15.1%. However, the median U.S.
income in 2011 declined by 1.5% from the reading in 2010.