QUESTION 1 OF 9

This is false. The number of people living in poverty increased in 2007 over 2006, from about 36.5 million, to about 37.3 million people. The poverty rate—the percentage of the people in the United States living in poverty—also rose 0.2 percent, to 12.5 percent, in 2007.

Source: Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007. U.S. Census Bureau.

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