ECO Week 5 Discussion Questions

Go to the following Web site,www.census.gov, and select Poverty. Then use the information on this site to answer the following questions:

• What is the official poverty line?
• Is the number of people higher or lower than it was last year? Ten years ago? Why?
• How many states had an increase in the poverty rate compared to last year? Why did this happen?
• What new programs have been initiated to combat poverty at the state or federal levels?