Census Report on Income and Poverty Reaffirms Slow Recovery

On Tuesday, September 16, the United States Census Bureau released a report titled, “Income and Poverty in the United States: 2013.” While the report found that the official poverty rate of the United States decreased in 2013 for the first time since 2006, the number of individuals living in poverty was not statistically different from 2012. This finding follows a trend of slow recovery for America’s working and middle classes. “Historically, the poverty rate has moved up and down with the unemployment rate – when unemployment increases, so does the number of people in poverty,” says DMARC Executive Director Rev. Sarai Schnucker Rice. ...