Government Statistics

Federal Government Fails To Count -- And Help -- Many Of America's Poor

Jane Devin | Posted 11.14.2008 | Home


Jane Devin

Millions of America's poor are not counted in the official statistics. Variables -- like geography, non-cash benefits, and actual cost-of-living expenses -- make it difficult to gauge the number of people who subsist in our society with inadequate resources to meet essential daily needs.