The Other American Culture: 43.6 Million Americans -- 1 in 7 -- Lived In Poverty In 2009 -- Highest Number in 51 Years

Poverty rate in 2009 at end of Reagan/Bush era at 14.3 per cent; highest percentage since poverty rate of 22.4 per cent in 1959 at end of Eisenhower era.

Multi-dimensional, experimental supplemental poverty measure to be released in September 2011.

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