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That's half of the country, so I guess their definition is if you make less than the median.
by xxpor 14y ago
That's half of the country, so I guess their definition is if you make less than the median.
- kiba 14y agoAccording to wikipedia: According to the U.S. Census Bureau data released Tuesday September 13, 2011, the nation's poverty rate rose to 15.1% (46.2 million) in 2010,[2] Which mean the "near poor" people are lumped in with the poor population so that it become somehow, 150 million people, which is about half of the population of the US.