Weekend Extra Credit - 9/18(S)
1. How many Americans now live in poverty?
2. Who issued the report on poverty?
3. What has happened to the number of people in poverty since last year?
4. What was the poverty rate (percentage) in 2009?
5. How many people were in poverty in 2009?
6. What was the poverty rate in 2008?
7. What is considered to be the working age population?
8. What was the poverty rate among the working age population?
9. What was the response to high poverty rates in the 1960's?
10. What is the poverty rate in California?
11. Which state has the most poor people in terms of percentage of the population? Which state has the lowest?
12. What was the poverty line for 2009?
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