Nearly 1 in 6 Americans in poverty, Census says (AP)

[TimesTen]

AP - The ranks of the nation's poor have swelled to a record 46.2 million — nearly 1 in 6 Americans — as the prolonged pain of the recession leaves millions still struggling and out of work. And the number without health insurance has reached 49.9 million, the most in over two decades.

 

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