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Forty-four million people in the United States, or one in seven residents, lived in poverty in 2009, an increase of 4 million from the year before, the Census Bureau reported on Thursday.
The poverty rate climbed to 14.3 percent - the highest level since 1994 - from 13.2 percent in 2008. The rise was steepest for children, with one in five residents under 18 living below the official poverty line, the bureau said.
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In this photo taken April 22, 2010, a villager Prakash harvests wheat crop in a field in Pipari village, about 180 kilometers north of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The world's largest social welfare program, a new law in 2005 guaranteeing every rural family 100 days of work a year at a wage that is now pegged at 100 rupees ($2.10) a day, is working to transform villages like Pipari. Beyond simply paying the rural poor to build infrastructure from roads to irrigation ponds in their villages, the program was designed to help root out corruption, pressure employers to raise wages, stem the flight from farms to the cities and empower women and lower castes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In this photo taken April 21, 2010, a villager carries mud, dug from the river bank, to use it on the roof of his hut in Pipari village, about 180 kilometers north of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The world's largest social welfare program, a new law in 2005 guaranteeing every rural family 100 days of work a year at a wage that is now pegged at 100 rupees ($2.10) a day, is working to transform villages like Pipari. Beyond simply paying the rural poor to build infrastructure from roads to irrigation ponds in their villages, the program was designed to help root out corruption, pressure employers to raise wages, stem the flight from farms to the cities and empower women and lower castes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In this photo taken April 21, 2010, a villager puts his arms around children and listens to a social activist during a meeting in Pipari village, about 180 kilometers north of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The world's largest social welfare program, a new law in 2005 guaranteeing every rural family 100 days of work a year at a wage that is now pegged at 100 rupees ($2.10) a day, is working to transform villages like Pipari. Beyond simply paying the rural poor to build infrastructure from roads to irrigation ponds in their villages, the program was designed to help root out corruption, pressure employers to raise wages, stem the flight from farms to the cities and empower women and lower castes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In this photo taken April 22, 2010, Rukmani holds her son as she looks on in her house in Pipari village, about 180 kilometers north of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The world's largest social welfare program, a new law in 2005 guaranteeing every rural family 100 days of work a year at a wage that is now pegged at 100 rupees ($2.10) a day, is working to transform villages like Pipari. Beyond simply paying the rural poor to build infrastructure from roads to irrigation ponds in their villages, the program was designed to help root out corruption, pressure employers to raise wages, stem the flight from farms to the cities and empower women and lower castes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In this photo taken April 20, 2010, village women interact with each other in Pipari village, about 180 kilometers north of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The world's largest social welfare program, a new law in 2005 guaranteeing every rural family 100 days of work a year at a wage that is now pegged at 100 rupees ($2.10) a day, is working to transform villages like Pipari. Beyond simply paying the rural poor to build infrastructure from roads to irrigation ponds in their villages, the program was designed to help root out corruption, pressure employers to raise wages, stem the flight from farms to the cities and empower women and lower castes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In this photo taken April 20, 2010, a village woman heats cereals of other villagers in Pipari village, about 180 kilometers north of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The world's largest social welfare program, a new law in 2005 guaranteeing every rural family 100 days of work a year at a wage that is now pegged at 100 rupees ($2.10) a day, is working to transform villages like Pipari. Beyond simply paying the rural poor to build infrastructure from roads to irrigation ponds in their villages, the program was designed to help root out corruption, pressure employers to raise wages, stem the flight from farms to the cities and empower women and lower castes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In this photo taken Tuesday, April 20, 2010, villagers attend a meeting with social activists in Pipari village, about 180 kilometers north of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The world's largest social welfare program, a new law in 2005 guaranteeing every rural family 100 days of work a year at a wage that is now pegged at 100 rupees ($2.10) a day, is working to transform villages like Pipari. Beyond simply paying the rural poor to build infrastructure from roads to irrigation ponds in their villages, the program was designed to help root out corruption, pressure employers to raise wages, stem the flight from farms to the cities and empower women and lower castes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In this photo taken April 21, 2010, a woman gives a piece of bread to her daughter as she makes their evening meal in Pipari village, about 180 kilometers north of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The world's largest social welfare program, a new law in 2005 guaranteeing every rural family 100 days of work a year at a wage that is now pegged at 100 rupees ($2.10) a day, is working to transform villages like Pipari. Beyond simply paying the rural poor to build infrastructure from roads to irrigation ponds in their villages, the program was designed to help root out corruption, pressure employers to raise wages, stem the flight from farms to the cities and empower women and lower castes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
In this photo taken April 20, 2010, a village woman walks back to her home with her buffalo in Pipari village, about 180 kilometers north of Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The world's largest social welfare program, a new law in 2005 guaranteeing every rural family 100 days of work a year at a wage that is now pegged at 100 rupees ($2.10) a day, is working to transform villages like Pipari. Beyond simply paying the rural poor to build infrastructure from roads to irrigation ponds in their villages, the program was designed to help root out corruption, pressure employers to raise wages, stem the flight from farms to the cities and empower women and lower castes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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By: betty on 9/16/2010 6:06PM
hey kkk i mean tea party people ur killing the repuks and that good it will very much make the dem the power player in 2012 love you hahahaah go tea go i mean kkk
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By: betty on 9/16/2010 6:14PM
go obama go don't worrie you can't do much now because of the repuks but change is a coming thanks to the tea party i mean the kkk lol so funny ok put 10 tea party member in the play and it so going to help you we will have the control and will b the power party for 2012 seee because we see what the repuks have done and what we need to change so i say go tea go damn i mean kkk hahahaha love u
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