Michigan Census Data: Income Drops, Poverty and Uninsured Increase

On Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released data on income, poverty and health insurance for 2009, a statistical snapshot of the depths of the nation's economic crisis.Those numbers tell a story that Michigan already knew, at least in its basic outlines. The median income dropped by 6.2 percent, more than in any other state. The numbers of people living in poverty swelled by 159,000, many of them children. The numbers of uninsured grew.

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