US poverty rate remains stuck at 15 percent
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The US poverty rate stood still at 15 percent last year, the sixth straight year that it has failed to improve. The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that 46.5 million Americans, or more than one in seven, were living in poverty last year. That is not statistically different from the number of impoverished in 2011.
The median household income was $51,017, unchanged from the previous year, following two consecutive annual declines. The share of people without health insurance declined slightly, from 15.7 percent to 15.4 percent. (AP)
