Poverty

The author, Barbara Ehrenreich, talked about issues such as poverty, minimum wage, labor unions, and neighborhood/church assistance organizations. The graph below shows the median family income throughout the US. It varies from 14,000 a year to 97,000 a year.

In 2004, the official poverty rate was 12.7% up from 12.5% in 2003. Single parent homes tend to have higher poverty rates than married-couple families. This link shows poverty by family type: click here.

This graph shows the number of people kept out of poverty by social security and the amount of peple who are poor with social security. It is seperated by race. 21% of Blacks are poor with social security and non-married people folow with 15%. 39% of blacks are kept out of poverty by social security and 42% of non-married people.

To find out more information on these "surprising" levels click here