Vital Statistics US poverty (less than $17,916 for a family of three): 46.2 million people, 15.1 percent. Children in poverty: 16.1 million, 22 percent of all children, including 39 percent of African-American children and 34 percent of Latino children. Poorest age group in country. Deep poverty (less than $11,510 for a family of four): 20.4 million people, 1 in 15 Americans, including more than 15 million women and children. People who would have been in poverty if not for Social Security, 2011: 67.6 million (program kept 21.4 million people out of poverty). People in the US experiencing poverty by age 65: Roughly half. Gender gap, 2011: Women 34 percent more likely to be poor than men. Gender gap, 2010: Women 29 percent more likely to be poor than men. Twice the poverty level (less than $46,042 for a family of four): 106 million people, more than 1 in 3 Americans. Jobs in the US paying less than $34,000 a year: 50 percent. Jobs in the US paying below the poverty line for a family of four, less than $23,000 annually: 25 percent. Poverty-level wages, 2011: 28 percent of workers. Percentage of individuals and family members in poverty who either worked or lived with a working family member, 2011: 57 percent. Families receiving cash assistance, 1996: 68 for every 100 families living in poverty. Families receiving cash assistance, 2010: 27 for every 100 families living in poverty. Impact of public policy, 2010: without government assistance, poverty would have been twice as high—nearly 30 percent of population. Percentage of entitlement benefits going to elderly, disabled, or working households: over 90 percent. Number of homeless children in US public schools: 1,065,794. Annual cost of child poverty nationwide: $550 billion. Federal expenditures on home ownership mortgage deductions, 2012: $131 billion. Federal funding for low-income housing assistance programs, 2012: less than $50 billion.
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