Date : 9/13/2017 9:20:33 AM From : "MSN.com - Hotmail, Outlook, Skype, Bing, Latest News, Photos & Videos" Subject : The official poverty measure is garbage. The census has found a better way.
The real poverty rate in the US in 2016 was 13.9 percent. That's a bit lower than the 14.5 percent rate registered in 2015,
according to the Census Bureau.