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New numbers show poverty continues to climb in Arizona

Khara Persad, Cronkite News Service//September 24, 2012//

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New numbers show poverty continues to climb in Arizona

New numbers show poverty continues to climb in Arizona

Khara Persad, Cronkite News Service//September 24, 2012//

WASHINGTON – The portion of Arizonans living in poverty hit 19 percent last year, the sixth-highest rate in the nation, according to new data from the Census Bureau. It was the...

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