US Census report: Record numbers in poverty and widening inequality
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By Barry Grey
13 September 2012
The United States Census Bureau released its latest survey of poverty in America on Wednesday, revealing that the ranks of those classified by the government as poor remained at record highs in 2011, while the gap between the rich and everyone else widened further.
The annual Census report recorded a decline in median income for the second year in a row, a fall in workers’ wages, and a sharp increase in the number of workers holding down full-time jobs at near-poverty wages.