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Political Factoid
The Poor
Official poverty level
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The Poorest Poor
At 50% of the poverty, or below
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Annual income
$22,314
family of four
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Annual income
$11,140
family of four
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46.2 million Americans
15.1% or 1 in 6 |
20.5 million Americans
6.7% or 1 in 15 |
2010 data
This compares with a median income of all households
in the United States of $49,445 in 2010
... versus an average income of $380,354 for the
wealthy top 1% of Americans
... and a whopping average of $27,342,212 for the
top one-hundredth of one percent.
cf.
3500
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