More Americans living in poverty, census shows

New Census Department figures find, over the past year, more Americans living in poverty and fewer with health insurance.

Minnesotans did a bit better than national trends, but Christina Macklin, policy analyst with the Minnesota Budget Project, said while the state didn’t lose quite as much ground, it’s not moving forward.

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“It’s been a weak job market,” she noted. “It’s been hard for people to find work. And, on top of that, the state budget cuts have really been eating away at supports like child care and health care. That makes it hard for people to keep working. And, if people don’t have the skills, how can they expect to find a job, and keep a job, that’s actually going to lift them out of poverty.”

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The report found 1 million more people living in poverty last year — 40 million in all. And those without health insurance increased to 45 million. It was the third straight yearly increase in the poverty numbers. Another finding: median household income (factored for inflation) hasn’t increased.

Jim Koppel, executive director of the Children’s Defense Fund of Minnesota, said he’s concerned about findings that show almost 13 million children living in poverty, up almost a million from the year before.

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“Children living in poverty do less successful in school. They’re more likely not to have health care coverage,” he said. “They’re more than likely to be in at-risk situations such as child abuse, criminal justice system. If we continue to have the number of families and children that live in poverty grow, we will, as a nation, not have a healthy future, period.”

The report finds almost 13 percent of the population, nationally, living below the poverty line, up from just over 11 percent in 2000. The gap between rich and poor also is growing.

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