U.S. poverty spiked in 2022, reversing gains, Census Bureau data shows
U.S. poverty spiked last year, with child poverty more than doubling, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, while the proportion of people lacking health insurance in 2022 dropped to an uncommonly low level. The figures reflect the uneven pace at which the government has ceased some forms of coronavirus pandemic assistance as well as the calamitous effects of record inflation on household finances. Tuesday's data offer the first statistical snapshot of how the wind-down of such programs as we
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