The U.S. Census Bureau reported a rise in the poverty rate for 2004, from 12.5 to 12.7 percent, 1.1 million more people, according to the social justice website Salt of the Earth.The U.S. Census Bureau Noun 1. Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States Bureau of the Census reported a rise in the poverty rate for 2004, from 12.5 to 12.7 percent, 1.1 million more people, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the social justice website Salt of the Earth. Median household income The median household income is commonly used to provide data about geographic areas and divides households into two equal segments with the first half of households earning less than the median household income and the other half earning more. remained flat at $44,389 for a family of four, with African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. continuing to have the Lowest median income ($30,134). The number of Americans without health insurance remained stable at 45.8 million, although the number of those covered by their employers declined; government programs picked up the slack. Twenty-one million Americans work full time but do not receive health benefits from their employers. |
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