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Median income goes up for the first time in years
News today from the Census Bureau shows that the economic situation for millions of Americans got better last year. More than three million people escaped poverty – the biggest drop in the poverty rate since 1999. According to the census, the middle class is doing better too. The median income jumped more than 5 percent.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readNews today from the Census Bureau shows that the economic situation for millions of Americans got better last year. More than three million people escaped poverty – the biggest drop in the poverty rate since 1999. According to the census, the middle class is doing better too. The median income jumped more than 5 percent. It’s the first time it’s gone up since the recession.
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1 of 5Poverty rates are down, median income is up- 0:31Median income goes up for the first time in yearsYou’re reading this
- 9:00How community policing is changing South LA
- 18:0220th anniversary of the death of Tupac Shakur
- 29:12Keith Morris on 'My Damage'
- 43:00The dangers of sugar