POVERTY/LOW INCOME/WORKING POOR/AFFORDABLE …

As the economy strengthened in the mid-nineties, the poverty rate peaked and then began to decline. By 2000, the percentage of people living in poverty had declined to 11% from its high of 15% in 1994; and, the poverty rate for children had declined to 16.2% after being as high as 22% in the mid-nineties. The poverty threshold in 2000 was $17,603. ................
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