Rural poverty rate dips to pre-pandemic levels

Aided by surging household incomes, the poverty rate in rural America fell to 13.5 percent, the lowest since 2019 and the second-lowest in two decades, said the Census Bureau on Tuesday. Rural conditions improved far more rapidly than did the country overall, according to the annual measurements of poverty and income. The rural poverty rate… » Read More

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