One in every four U.S. Hispanics lives in poverty, a total of 12.4 million people, according to Census data from last year published on Thursday.
The figure for the number of Hispanics living below the poverty line – less than $22,000 a year for a family of four – makes up part of a broad report entitled “Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States” based on information from the “2010 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic …
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