Problem: Go to the following website, www.census.gov, and select Poverty. Then use the information on this site to answer the following questions:
Q1. What is the official poverty line?
Q2. Is the number of people higher or lower than it was last year? Ten years ago? Why?
Q3. How many states had an increase in the poverty rate compared to last year? Why did this happen?
Q4. What new programs have been initiated to combat poverty at the state or federal levels?