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U.S. poverty rate shows record jump
Ediz Tiyansan

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The latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show the poverty rate rose to 12.4 percent in 2022 in what appears to be the largest one-year jump on record.

Inflation drove living costs up at a time when federal programs that provided aid to families during the COVID-19 pandemic were expiring.

Ediz Tiyansan reports.

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