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15 Shocking Poverty Statistics


 * 1** Approximately [|45 million Americans] were living in poverty in 2009.
 * 2** According to the Associated Press, experts believe that 2009 saw [|the largest single year increase] in the U.S. poverty rate since the U.S. government began calculating poverty figures back in 1959.
 * 3** The U.S. poverty rate is now the third worst among the developed nations tracked by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
 * 4** According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on a year-over-year basis, household participation in the food stamp program [|has increased 20.28%].
 * 5** The number of Americans on food stamps [|surpassed 41 million] for the first time ever in June.
 * 6** As of June, the number of Americans on food stamps had set a new all-time record **for 19 consecutive months**.
 * 7** One out of every six Americans is now being served by at least one government anti-poverty program.
 * 8** [|More than 50 million Americans] are now on Medicaid, the U.S. government health care program designed principally to help the poor.
 * 9** One out of every seven mortgages in the United States was either delinquent or in foreclosure during the first quarter of 2010.
 * 10** Nearly 10 million Americans now receive unemployment insurance, which [|is almost four times] as many as were receiving it in 2007.
 * 11** The number of Americans receiving long-term unemployment benefits has risen over 60 percent in just the past year.
 * 12** According to one recent survey, 28% of all U.S. households have at least one member that is looking for a full-time job.
 * 13** Nationwide, bankruptcy filings rose 20 percent in the 12-month period ending June 30th.
 * 14** More than 25 percent of all Americans [|now have a credit score below 599].
 * 15** [|One out of every five children] in the United States is now living in poverty.
 * 14** More than 25 percent of all Americans [|now have a credit score below 599].
 * 15** [|One out of every five children] in the United States is now living in poverty.

spreadsheets on schools expenditure of NSLA (Sept. 2010 statistics) http://www.aradvocates.org/arkansas-schools-stockpiling-millions-intended-for-poor-students/