The poverty rate for people over 65 was at a record low in 2006 and is at its second lowest for 2007.

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American women reached record wage parity with men in 2007. Women earned 77.8 cents for every dollar earned by men.

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The U.S. Census Bureau has released its annual report Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007 [PDF].

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The graphs show that the poverty rate for both minorities is at near record lows. For blacks, only three Clinton years and three Bush years are lower.

A similar pattern appears in the graph of the Hispanic poverty rate. 2006 had the lowest Hispanic poverty rate on record.

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The Census Bureau is scheduled to release its annual report titled “Income, Poverty, Health Insurance Coverage and American Community Survey: 2007″ on August 26, 2009. This will be the fourth year that America’s North Shore Journal has covered the report.

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Washington Examiner

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This is the great untold story of the Bush Administration. Women have been at 77% parity with men for the last two years, a record parity. The entire Bush administration can boast of an average female parity of 76.5%, while Bill Clinton can only show an average of 72.7% during the first six years of [...]

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INCOME LEVELS
2006
2000
1991

Black - over $25K
60.6%
61.0%
51.7%

Black - over $50K
32.3%
32.2%
24.5%

Hispanic - over $25K
68.2%
67.4%
60.4%

Hispanic - over $50K
36.7%
35.6%
28.7%

 POVERTY LEVELS
2006
2000
1991

Black
24.2%
22.5%
32.7%

Hispanic
20.6%
21.5%
28.7%

Black poverty remains higher than other races. However, at its current rate, it is near a historical low. Until the mid 1990’s, the rate was over 30%. Only in the three Clinton boom years, 1999-2001, do we see the black poverty [...]

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In 2006, the poverty rate was 12.3 %. Only three years since 1980 had a lower rate, 1999-2001.

TERM
AVG % ALL
AVG % FAMILIES

Reagan I
14.7
13.3

Reagan II
13.5
12.0

Bush 41
13.8
12.4

Clinton I
14.3
12.8

Clinton II
12.3
10.7

Bush 43 I
12.3
10.5

Bush 43 II
12.5
10.7

Average Poverty Rate - First Six Years of an Administration:
Reagan: 14.4%
Clinton: 13.9%
Bush 43: 12.3%
In 1981, 29.8% of Americans earned under $25,000 per year. In 2006, [...]

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The Census Bureau has issued its annual report titled Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 report [PDF]. As I have done for the last several years, I’ll pick at the report and provide you with dome information and graphs.
Here are the highlights from the press release:
About 9.8 percent (7.7 million) [...]

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