POVERTY LEVEL'S STEADY RISE STOPS.(BUSINESS)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  August 30, 2006 ;     304 words ......recovery, the number of people living in poverty has finally...in 2005, but 37 million people were still living below...noted that the number of people without health insurance...reaching 46.6 million people in 2005. The Census Bureau...percent in 2000. The official poverty ...

W-2 audit: live below poverty level; 18 months later: Lawmaker says goal...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 11, 2001 ;     248 words ......self-sufficiency, but one-fourth of the people who left at the start of 1998...half were living below the poverty level, a state audit released Tuesday...Audit Bureau. The number of people still getting cash benefits...group is made up mostly of the people who are hardest to serve...said ...

MORE FULL-TIME WORKERS SLIP BENEATH POVERTY LEVEL

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 12, 1992 ;     559 words ......incomes beneath the $12,195 poverty level. Younger workers were hit...percent, more than 14 million people. The trend held regardless...low wages as less than the poverty level for a family of four, which...increase in the number of younger people who are working. People ...

Mississippi poverty level decreasing.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  September 28, 2004 ;     416 words ......significant drop in its statewide poverty level in the past year, according...Mississippi say the decline in the poverty level is only the tip of the iceberg...percent. That's a lot of people still in poverty, said Diann...federal funds. The number of people nationwide below the ...

Ranks of poor here grow by 4.8% in a year; In county, 34,500 people were...

Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  December 12, 2004 ;     655 words ......progress in the lives of many people this year. Hollister has...Christmas gifts. "We are seeing people we haven't seen in the past...County, more than 34,500 people are at the poverty level, with more than 9,280 of...pay wages at or below the poverty level, said Gilpin. The ...

BRIEF: Majority above poverty level.

Sun (Yuma, AZ);  September 12, 2007 ;     212 words ......population at 100 to 149 percent above the poverty level and 67.4 percent at 150 percent above the poverty level. The census sets poverty levels based...individuals that are at 100 percent of the poverty level are at the poverty line. Only 18.5...

POVERTY LEVEL IN QUESTION SOME SAY STATE WORSE OFF THAN CENSUS REPORT

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  August 28, 2004 ;     635 words ......And the percentage of people living in poverty also...interpretation: The poverty level remained virtually...decrease in the percent of people in Wyoming who had...living at the federal poverty level of $1,305 per month...133 percent of the poverty level, at 150 ...

Floridians divided over new minimum wage, which remains below poverty...

Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......still 50 percent below the poverty level and prices won't increase...public. Obviously, a lot of people believed in it. More than 4.9 million people, 71 percent of voting Floridians...minimum wage for most working people in the state and mandated...

Persons Below Poverty Level, 1960-99

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2002;      220 words ......Facts 2002 01-01-2002 Title: Persons Below Poverty Level, 1960-99 Persons Below Poverty Level, 1960-99 Source: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Dept. of Commerce YEAR Number below poverty level (in millions) Percentage below poverty...

70 percent of Nigerians live below poverty level: minister

Xinhua News Agency;  September 7, 2004 ;     308 words ...70 percent of Nigerians live below poverty level: minister LAGOS, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 89 million...country's population, are living below the international poverty benchmark of a US dollar per day, Nigerian daily This...Productivity Alhaji Hassan Lawal as saying on Tuesday. The poverty ...

Charity group leader seeks help with needy: OAKLAND: Catholic Charities...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  January 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Thursday to talk about a campaign to cut poverty in half by 2020. The ambitious goal...counseling and tutoring, the bulk of people who come to its offices are now seeking...Charities helps more than 10,000 people in Alameda and Contra Costa counties...table. If we look at the rate of poverty, it ...

Persons Below Poverty Level, 1960-2003

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2005;      248 words ......Facts 2005 01-01-2005 Persons Below Poverty Level, 1960-2003 Section: econ02 Source: Bureau...Dept. of Commerce YEAR Number below poverty level (in millions) Percentage below poverty level Avg. income cutoffs for family of 4...

Insuring W.Va. kids is smart: State should cover children to 200% of...

Charleston Daily Mail;  August 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ......Poverty: Is the goal to help people or to create more programs...150 percent of the federal poverty level (for instance, a family of...West Virginians are proud people. They are reluctant to participate...200 percent of the federal poverty level. This would cover ...

PUBLIC FORUM : POVERTY LEVEL.(Editorial)(Editorial)(Letter to the Editor)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  November 20, 1999 ;     700+ words ......publish the truth about what the real poverty level is. It's easy to see just how out...cannot afford health insurance is poverty level in my book. This is not a luxury...expense. It makes no sense to tax people into poverty and then raise taxes...born in this region are below the ...

Study calls on government to change poverty level guidelines

Bay State Banner;  January 20, 2000 ;     664 words ......calls on government to change poverty level guidelines Working as a bookkeeper...While the federal government's poverty level for a family of four is $16...gap: that between the federal poverty level and the economic self-sufficiency...formula for computing the federal poverty ...