Rural poverty rate falls sharply, still above US average
The poverty rate in rural America was 16.1 percent, down sharply from the previous year, but still notably higher than the U.S. average, said the Census Bureau’s annual Income and Poverty report. Census said the rural poverty rate dropped by 1.6 points for 2013, from 17.7 percent in 2013. One-fifth of Americans live in rural areas. The… » Read More
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