Poverty in the United States

This report give us a general view of povery in the US:

The offical povery rate in 2005 was 12.6% with 37 millions people.
Povery rate for black was 24,9% and Hispanic was 21.8%.
The povery rate in 2005 for children under 18(17.6%), from 18 to 64 years old(11.1%) and over 64(10.1%).
The poverty rate for non-Hispanic whites was lower than other racial groups with 8.3% and accounted for43.9% of people in poverty.
Among Asians, 11.1% were in poverty in 2005.
Among Hispanics, povery rate was 21.8% and9.4 million in 2005.
Of related children under 6 living with single parent in poverty was 52.9%, over 5 times the rate of married couple family.
In poverty, 87.8% was native, 4.7% citizen borned in a foreign country and7.4% were not citizens.
The poverty rate for Northeast was 11.3% and Midwest was 11.4% while the South was 14% in 2005.
The poverty rate among people lived in suburban areas was 9.3% and in urban areas was17%.
People 16 and older who worked had a lower poverty rate than those who are unemployed(6% compared with 21.8%).
For married couple families, poverty rate was 5.1% and number was 2.9 million in 2005
Income to poverty ration with 3 ranges: below 50% of poverty, below 100% of poverty and below 125% of poverty.
The income deficit for families in poverty averaged $ 8,125 in 2005. The $ 5,189deficit for women was lower than $5,605 for men.

Respone:This report just gave data in poverty without causes. However, it give us a chance to know a little about poor state in the US. It showed that the rate of poverty in America is high, though the US is the most powerful ecomical country in the world. It is not a paradise like many people misunderstand.

Note: Cite from " Income, poverty and healthy insurance coverage in the United States: 2005"