Trends in Poverty in the United States

Gabe, Thomas

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Poverty;    Welfare;    Poor;   

RP-ID  :  95-1024
RP-ID  :  95-1024_2005Sep06

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses trends in poverty in the United States. In 2004, 37 million people were found poor under the official poverty definition — a 1.1 million increase from 2003. The poverty rate, or percent of the population considered poor, increased for the fourth straight year, to 12.7% in 2004 — up from 12.5% in 2003, and 11.3% in 2000, its most recent low.