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Government support credited with decline in poverty in 2020

by Kimberly Adams

Sep 14, 2021

The Census Bureau's supplemental poverty measure showed a big decline from 2019, despite a year of pandemic-induced economic disruption.

Pandemic relief helped more Americans stay out of poverty in 2020, but future poverty rates depend on what happens with the pandemic economy.

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