Hawaii's Poverty Rate Highest in 12 Years
Increase in impoverished residents rises 26 percent from 2008 to 2009
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Thousands more Hawaii residents fell into poverty last year, driving up the rate here to its highest level since 1997, Census Bureau figures released yesterday show.
The poverty rate in Hawaii rose to 12.5 percent in 2009 -- with more than 156,000 people living below the poverty line -- the third consecutive year the state saw growing numbers of impoverished people.
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