American poverty levels hit record high
American poverty levels hit record high | World news | guardian.co.uk.
Numbers grow for a third year, to 15.1%, with 46 million people impoverished – the highest rate since 1993
The US has the highest poverty rate of any developed nation, according to the OECD. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
A record 46 million Americans were living in poverty in 2010, pushing the US poverty rate to its highest level since 1993, according to a government report on the grim effects of stubbornly high unemployment.
