The Poor Became Poorer in the US in 2001

Poverty and Income Data Show that the Poor Became Poorer in 2001The following report has been posted to the Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities web site:

ANALYSIS OF CENSUS BUREAU’S POVERTY AND INCOME DATA FOR 2001
By Robert Greenstein, Wendell Primus and Kathyrn H. Porter

http://www.cbpp.org/9-24-02pov.htm 12K
http://www.cbpp.org/9-24-02pov.pdf 22K, 3pp.

Census data issued yesterday show that poverty increased in 2001, while
median household income fell, and the income gap between the affluent and
the rest of society either tied or set new all-time recorded highs.