U.S. Poverty Rate 1959-2009
This chart depicts the number of people living in poverty during each year from 1959-2003. The poverty rate corresponds to what proportion of Americans live in the lowest economic strata of the hierarchical class system.
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"Introduction to Sociology/Stratification."
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