One in seven Americans was living in poverty in 2009 with the level of working-age poor the highest since the 1960s, the US Census Bureau says.
The number of people in poverty increased by nearly 4m - to 43.6m - between 2008 and 2009, officials said.
The bureau defines poverty as any family of four living on less than $21,954 a year.
Meanwhile, new figures showed home foreclosures in August hit the highest level since the mortgage crisis began.
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