Thursday, June 15, 2006

A Profile of the Working Poor

"In 2004, 37.0 million people, or 12.7 percent of the population, lived at or below the official poverty threshold, according to the Census Bureau. Although the majority of the Nation’s poor were children and adults who had not participated in the labor force during the year, 7.8 million individuals spent 27 weeks or more in the labor force (working or looking for work) and still earned incomes below the official poverty level. These individuals, classified as “working poor,” represented 5.6 percent of all persons 16 years and older who were in the labor force for 27 weeks or more -- a 0.3-percentage-point increase (408,000 persons) from the prior year." Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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