The latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the poverty rate rose to 12.4 percent in 2022 in what appears to be the largest one-year jump on record.
The revelation comes as living costs have gone up along with inflation, at a time when federal programs that provided aid to families during the COVID-19 pandemic have expired.
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