Poverty figures up, income down in 2000, Census Bureau says

Wednesday, September 25, 2002

WASHINGTON -- Income declined while poverty levels rose last year, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, a double dose of bad economic news that coincided with the first recession in a decade.

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