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According to statistics released from the U.S. Census Bureau, families in Pennsylvania are worse off than they were 10 years ago.
Cumberland County saw its poverty rate for families increase from 6.2 percent in 1999 to 7.8 percent.
Dauphin County saw its poverty rate for families increase from 12 percent to 20 percent!
Lebanon County saw its poverty rate for families increase from 8.9 percent to 15.2 percent.
York County saw its poverty rate for families increase from 7.1 percent to 11.4 percent
Crawford County saw its poverty rate for families increase from 16.2 percent to 20.7 percent.
Erie County saw its poverty rate rise to 17.4 percent while the City of Erie’s poverty rate increased six percent to 30.2 percent and is the second-highest poverty rate in Pennsylvania.
The City of Reading has a poverty rate of 41.3 percent and comes in at numero uno! Poverty rates for other major Pennsylvania cities are Allentown 27 percent, Philadelphia 26.7 percent, Pittsburgh 22.3 percent, 21.1 in Scranton and 20.9 in Bethlehem.
The poverty rate for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is 13.4 percent or more than 1.6 million Pennsylvanians. More than half a million people living in poverty are children under the age of 18!
These rates are higher for minority families. For example, 45 percent of blacks and Hispanic families in Erie live under the poverty level. The poverty rate is 25 percent for white residents.
The U.S.poverty rate hit a 17 year high of 15.1 percent. 46.2 million people in the United States were living below the poverty level in 2010. The federal poverty level for a family of four is a yearly income of less than $22,314.
Roy's Rants - For Your Information 
So,the poverty rate is growing.How’s that good ole “hope and change”workin’ out for ya?
This doesn’t surprise me one bit.Since those on Social Security haven’t had a raise since January 2009.Let’s see,who was President when Gramma had her last raise in Social Security,Oh it was that “evil” George W. Bush!ICorrect me if I’m wrong,didn’t Obama promise to “help” the poor?Since lord Obama has been killing the American economy,Gramma haven’t had a raise in Social Security.
So,how’s that hope and change thing working out for all you who voted for lord Obama?