poverty

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 * Number of people living in poverty in less developed countries in 2000: 334 million
 * Projected number of people living in poverty in less developed countries in 2010: 471 million
 * Number of people in the world: 6.5 billion
 * Number of people in the world living on less than $2 a day: 3 billion
 * Number of people at the beginning of the 21st century unable to read: one billion
 * Number of children worldwide who die each day due to poverty: 30,000
 * Number of children in the world: 2.2 billion
 * Number of children in the world living in poverty: 1 billion
 * Number of people in the world who went hungry last year: 852 million
 * Number of people in the world who are going hungry this year: 854 million
 * Number of children who die each day from hunger-related causes: 16,000
 * Number of children who die every five seconds from hunger-related causes: 1
 * Number of people living in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 471 million
 * Number of people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia living on less than $1 a day: 24 million
 * Number of people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia living on less than $2 a day: 97 million
 * Estimated number of children age 14 and under working in sub-Saharan Africa in 2004: 49 million
 * Percentage of sub-Saharan Africans living on less than $1 a day: 44
 * Number of people in South Asia who live on less than $1 a day: half a billion
 * Number of people in South Asia who do not have access to safe water: 240 million
 * Number of people in South Asia who do not have proper sanitation: half a billion

National:

 * Number of Americans living in poverty today: 37 million
 * Poverty rate in the U.S.: 12.6 percent
 * Percentage of children in the total U.S. population: 25
 * Percentage of children in the U.S. poor population: 34.9
 * Percentage of children under six living in poor families with only a female householder: 52.9
 * Yearly earnings of a single parent of two young children working full-time in a minimum wage job: $10,712
 * Poverty threshold set by the federal government for one person: $9,973
 * Poverty threshold set by the federal government for a family of three: $15,577
 * Poverty threshold set by the federal government for a family of four: $19,971
 * The increase of poor people in the U.S. from 2000 to 2005: 6 million
 * Ratio of children who live in poverty in America: one in six
 * Percentage of children living in poverty who have at least one parent working full-time and year-round: 55
 * Number of children in the above category: 15.6 million
 * Adults (18-64 yrs. old) currently living in poverty in the United States: 1 in 10
 * Seniors (over 65 yrs. old) who live in poverty in the United States: 1 in 10
 * Children (under 18 yrs. old) living in poverty: 2 in 10
 * Percentage of children who make up the total population: 25
 * Percentage of poor Americans who are children: 34.9
 * Percentage of homeless families who have 1 child, 2 children, and three or more children respectively: 26, 28, 30
 * Percentage of the homeless population who have a high school diploma: 62
 * Percentage of the homeless population who are employed: 44