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By:Ivan Dacanay

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A state of being extremely poor.

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-Social security alone keeps approximately 21.4 million people above the poverty line.
-The United States has the highest poverty rate among the world's developed countries.
-Highest poverty rate on record in the United States was 22% back in the 1950s.

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-Raise the minimum wage
-Create jobs
-Improve the criminal justice system and enact policies that support successful re-entry

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-More than 1 out of 8 Americans are considered poor.
-Nearly 1/3 of impoverish in America are children.
-In 2017 12.3 million American people lived in poverty.
-The same year  21.2 percent of blacks and 18.3 percent of Hispanics were poor, compared to 8.7 non-Hispanic whites and 10 percent of Asians.
-More women lived in poverty than men. In 2016, 16.3% women and 13.6% men were in poverty.