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Poverty rate holds at 15 percent amid 46.5 million in poverty
The Census Bureau reports the national poverty rate stayed at 15 percent last year with 46.5 million people in poverty, unchanged from 2011. Median household income was $51,017, health coverage modestly improved to 15.4 percent uninsured, and racial gaps persisted with Mississippi highest at 22 percent and New Hampshire lowest at 8.1 percent.
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