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February 24, 2012

Report: 25% More U.S. Children Now Living in Poor Areas 
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New figures show the number of U.S. children living in poor
neighborhoods has increased 25 percent since the turn of the century.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation reports eight million children lived in
poor communities in 2010, a 1.6 million increase from 2000. In a
reflection of the stagnating wages for most American workers,
three-quarters of those children had at least one parent working a job.



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