Despite a year in which the US economy added jobs, the percentage of Americans living in poverty grew from 12.5 to 12.7 percent last year - the fourth straight year it's risen.That increase, reported in the much
In 2022, some 20.7 percent of all uninsured children were from families with a household income below the Federal poverty level (FPL), while the uninsured rate within the same group was 6.6 percent, the second highest of all poverty levels.