A Screenshot of Poverty in the United States The most recent survey of poverty in America provides a shocking revelation that in 2012, nearly 15 percent or 46.5 million people live at or below the poverty line established by the United States government (Abramsky, 2013). Experts who work with this demographic realize this may not be an accurate tool for measuring the hungry, the homeless, the unemployed and uninsured, and understand the numbers are actually more prevalent (Abramsky, 2013). Data reveals that a higher number people are living in poverty now in the U.S. than in the 1970’s (Abramsky, 2013). In order to understand poverty in America, it is important to develop a clear picture of who the poor really are in our communities before
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Census Bureau, 2014). There is a tremendous gap in the percentages of non-Hispanic white citizens in poverty compared to the number of African Americans and Hispanic population groups (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014). For instance, in 2012 the number of Americans living in poverty was broken down to disclose that 9.7% of non-Hispanic white Americans were living in poverty versus over one quarter or 13.6 million Hispanics and 22.2% or10.9 million African Americans (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014)
Census Bureau, 2014). There is a tremendous gap in the percentages of non-Hispanic white citizens in poverty compared to the number of African Americans and Hispanic population groups (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014). For instance, in 2012 the number of Americans living in poverty was broken down to disclose that 9.7% of non-Hispanic white Americans were living in poverty versus over one quarter or 13.6 million Hispanics and 22.2% or10.9 million African Americans (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014)