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Poverty Rate by Race and Ethnicity
Blacks and Hispanics have much higher poverty rates than other groups.
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Blacks and Hispanics have much higher poverty rates than other groups.
Full-time male workers earn more than full-time female workers
There is a high rate of child poverty in the United States compared to other developed countries.
Income varies widely across racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0272_income_race_historical
Over 11 percent of the population lives in poverty, and nearly half of those in poverty live in deep poverty.
Poverty levels among children remain much higher than poverty levels for those 65 and older.
Peterson Foundation Chairman Pete Peterson spoke at the Committee for Economic Development’s Distinguished Performance Awards Dinner about the importance of long-term fiscal sustainability and its impact on the nation’s economy and future generations.
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s June Fiscal Confidence Index shows that a significant majority of Americans remain concerned about the nation’s fiscal future.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2015/06/fci-press-release
The Congressional Budget Office released its 2015 Long-Term Fiscal Outlook, which projects that by 2040, federal debt will climb to over 100 percent of GDP under current law and could reach 175 percent of GDP under less optimistic assumptions.
Americans remain highly concerned about the nation’s long-term fiscal health a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation’s long-term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to address America’s fiscal challenges.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2015/05/fci-press-release