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November 18, 2011

Census: Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Children Live in Poverty 
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The U.S. Census says the number of children in the United States living
in poverty rose by one million last year. Nearly one in three children,
or 32.3 percent, now live in households considered poor.



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