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Figure 1. Poverty for All Persons, 2000 to 2010, shows the percentage in poverty for all persons starting in 2000 through 2010 as 11.3, 11.7, 12.1, 12.5, 12.7, 12.6, 12.3, 12.5, 13.2, 14.3, and 15.1 Return to Figure
Figure 2. Child Poverty, 2000 to 2010, shows the percentage of children in poverty from 2000 through 2010 as 16.2, 16.3, 16.7, 17.6, 17.8, 17.6, 17.4, 18.0, 19.0, 20.7, and 22.0 Return to Figure
Figure 3. All Persons and Children Under 50% of Poverty Threshold, 2000 to 2010 shows poverty for all persons and children under 50% separately from 2000 through 2010 as increasing steadily from 4.5% for all persons to 6.7% over those years. For children, it increases steadily from 6.7% in 2000 to 9.9% in 2010. Return to Figure
Figure 4. African-American Child Poverty, 2000 to 2010, shows the percentage in poverty of African-American children as 31.2, 30.2, 31.5, 33.6, 33.2, 33.5, 33.0, 33.7, 33.9, 35.4, and 38.2 Return to Figure
Figure 5. Hispanic Child Poverty, 2000 to 2010, shows the percentage in poverty of Hispanic children as 28.4, 28.0, 28.6, 29.7, 28.9, 28.3, 26.9, 28.6, 30.6, 33.1, and 35.0 Return to Figure
Figure 6. Poverty Rates for All Persons, 1979 to 2010, shows the percentage of all persons in poverty from 1979 through 2010 for all persons, African-Americans, and Hispanics. These have the pattern of rising to a peak in 1982, then declining until 1985, then remaining fairly constant until they start to rise in 1990 and a peak in 1993, then declining until 2000, and then fairly constant until 2007 when they begin to rise. Return to Figure
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