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U.S. data show one in eight Americans in poverty
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 29 - 08 - 2006


In the world's biggest
economy one in eight Americans and almost one in four blacks
lived in poverty last year, the U.S. Census Bureau said on
Tuesday, releasing a figure virtually unchanged from 2004, according to Reuters.
The survey also showed 15.9 percent of the population, or
46.6 million, had no health insurance, up from 15.6 percent in
2004 and the fifth increase in a row.
It was the first year since President George W. Bush took
office in 2001 that the poverty rate did not increase. As in
past years, the figures showed poverty especially concentrated
among blacks and Hispanics.
In all, some 37 million Americans lived below the poverty
line, defined as having an annual income below around $10,000
for an individual or $20,000 for a family of four.
The last decline in poverty was in 2000, the final year of
Bill Clinton's presidency, when it fell to 11.3 percent.
"It shows that we are spending more money than ever on
anti-poverty programs and we haven't done anything to reduce
poverty," said Michael Tanner of CATO Institute, a free market
think tank in Washington.
Around a quarter of blacks and 21.8 percent of Hispanics
were living in poverty. Among whites, the rate edged down to
8.3 percent from 8.7 percent in 2004.
"Among African Americas the problem correlates primarily to
the inner-city and single mothers," said Tanner, adding that
blacks also suffer disproportionately from poor education and
lower quality jobs.
Black median income, at $30,858, was only 61 percent of the
median for whites.
Some 17.6 percent of children under 18 and one in five of
those under 6 were in poverty, higher than for any other age
group.
Real median household income rose by 1.1 percent between to
$46,326 from $45,817 -- its first increase since 1999.
The figures contained wide regional variations, ranging
from a median household income of $61,672 in New Jersey to
$32,938 for Mississippi.
Major cities with the highest proportions of poor people
included Cleveland with 32.4 percent and Detroit with 31.4
percent under the poverty line.


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