Poverty continues to rise in US, now 15.1%
Poverty continues to rise in US, now 15.1%: Poverty among Hispanics increased to 26.6 percent; among blacks it rose to 27.4 percent; among whites it climbed to 9.9 percent. Households in the Midwest, South and West experienced declines in real median income between 2009 and 2010, while median ...