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FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about Poverty

How much does poverty cost our nation?
How many Americans live in "concentrated poverty" (where at least 40 percent are poor)?
What percentage of all workers in the U.S. have jobs in which the wages, when working full time and year-round, are not sufficient to keep a family of four above the poverty threshhold?
How many children in America live in families with low incomes?
What are the effects of economic hardship on children?
Are "poor people" a distinct group of people who are different from the "rest of us"?

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