Tag: U.S. Census Bureau

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 00:49 UTC

  Poverty rate in the US steady at 15%, which represents 46.5 million people

  

  The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that median household income in the United States in 2012 was 51,017 dollars and the official poverty rate was 15%, which is 2.5 percentage points higher than in 2007. Neither figure represents a statistically significant change from 2011.