The fragile economy pushed more Americans into poverty last year, according to the Census Bureau, as median household income fell from the year before.
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What Does the 2010 Census say about America?
The New Americans: US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke unveils the US count (Photo: Yuri Gripas/REUTERS)
For the first time in history, there are more than 300 million Americans. But two recessions, an increased wariness of immigrants and a souring of opinion of the United States abroad led to the slowest growth in US residents since …
The lost decade
The Census Bureau’s annual look at income and health coverage (based on surveys conducted in March) is out today. The rise in the poverty rate and in the percentage of Americans without health insurance got the headlines. But here’s a fact that for some reason the Census Bureau didn’t emphasize: The median household income in 2008 was …
