Almost a third of U.S. poor are Hispanics
*These are the most recent numbers, complied by the U.S. Census Bureau. Not good news, but the timing of the report is good, given the schedule of the presidential debates. It would be good to hear the candidates talk about solutions, and not just lay their idea of blame. VL
Twenty-eight percent of the 46.7 million poor people in the United States are of Hispanic origin, making this minority the most representative of the problem of economic inequality in the world’s largest economy.
[pullquote][tweet_dis]”… the average salary for Hispanic households has not recovered from the 2008 recession”[/tweet_dis][/pullquote]According to a report published Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2014, there were 13.1 million poor Hispanics in the United States, representing 23.6 percent of the Hispanic community of 55.5 million.
Many Hispanics have sunk into poverty since the start of the financial crisis in 2008 and, despite the fact that a certain recovery has recently been under way, the poverty index among Hispanics continues to be above the 21.5 percent registered in 2007.
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