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Poverty rates rise according to census : In 2010, 18.8 percent of Pennsylvania kids lived in families that fell below the poverty line, up from 15.9 percent in 2007. The Pennsylvania rate was lower than the national child poverty rate of 21.2 percent. As poverty increases nationwide, ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Poverty Among Children On The Rise Poverty rates among children have gone up since 2007, according to new US Census Bureau data. According to the 2010 Census Bureau survey, released on Tuesday, out of all 3142 counties in the US, 653 counties have seen significant increases in poverty ...

Local Child Poverty Rates Continue to Rise in East Hampton : "According the US Census Bureau's annual estimate of child poverty , which was released last week, the percentage of 5 to 17 year olds belonging to families ...

Poverty rates on rise, although relatively low in region By Mike Klein Mower County's poverty rate was 12.3 percent in 2010, according to 2010 local area poverty estimates released by the Census Bureau on Tuesday. That's a drop from 13.6 percent in 2009, but a sizable increase from 11.4 percent in 2007, ...