And in new evidence of economic distress among the middle class, real median household incomes declined by 2.3 percent in 2010 from the previous year, to $49,400.

An additional 2.6 million people slipped below the poverty line in 2010, census officials said, making 46.2 million people in poverty in the United States, the highest number in the 52 years the Census Bureau has been tracking it, said Trudi Renwick, chief of the Poverty Statistic Branch at the Census Bureau. That represented 15.1 percent of the country.

“The figures we are releasing today are important,” said Robert Groves, the director of the Census Bureau. “They tell us how changing economic conditions have impacted Americans and their families.”

According to the Census figures, the median annual income for a male full-time, year-round worker in 2010 — $47,715 — was virtually unchanged from its level in 1973, when the level was $49,065, in 2010 dollars.

“That’s not about the poor and unemployed, that’s full time, year round,” said Sheldon Danziger, professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. Particularly hard hit, Professor Danziger said, have been those who do not have college degrees. “The median, full-time male worker has made no progress on average.”

The youngest members of households — those ages 15 to 24 — lost out the most, with their median income dropping by 9 percent. The recession continued to push Americans to double up in households with friends and relatives, especially those aged 25 to 34, a group that experienced a 25 percent rise in the period between 2007, when the recession began and 2011. Of that group, 45.3 percent were living below the poverty line, when their parents incomes were not taken into account.

小雨点，这是我摘录的关于美国贫困人口的文章。每六个美国人，有一个是穷人。穷人的标准是4口之家年收入低于22113美元。美国家庭平均收入是49400美元。

yeah . I know ! beyond my imagination there are so many people in poverty ! you always say the USA is better than here or there . a wonderful place ! like a "paradise " ? I forget how to spell "tian tang " !

no matter where you are in the world , it will exist rich and poor , superiority and inferiority ! there are no fairness among human beings or creatures !

it' s raining all the time ! I cannot go outside ! just a moment I called my mom ! maybe I' m still a child !

ha ha ! it see***ost 14th storey , I deleted it ! because it is identical with 13th !

there are 24 hours in the whole day ! only have a little time …! let me cry !

I dare not write it completely because someone …you know ?

ok ! I understand without complaining ! he he