Census Poverty

FILE – In a Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, a man who did not wish to be identified, who lost his job two months ago after being hurt on the job, works to collect money for his family on a Miami street corner. The ranks of America’s poor have climbed to a record high, according to new census data that paints a stark portrait of the nation’s haves and have-nots at a time when unemployment remains persistently high. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)