Americans seeking jobs in the Soviet Union. Over one million families lost their farms between 1930 and 1934. Corporate profits dropped from $10 billion in 1929 to $1 billion in 1932. Between 1929 and 1932, the income of the average American family was reduced by 40%. Nine million savings accounts were wiped out between 1930 and 1933. 273,000 families were evicted from their homes in 1932. There were two million homeless people migrating around the country. Over 60% of Americans were categorized as poor by the federal government in 1933. In the last prosperous year (1929), there were 279,678 immigrants recorded, but in 1933 only 23,068 came to the U.S. In the early 1930s, more people emigrated from the United States than immigrated to it. With little economic activity there was scant demand for new coinage. No nickels or dimes were minted in 1932–33, no quarter dollars in 1931 or 1933, no half dollars from 1930 to 1932, and no silver dollars in the years 1929–33. In 1932 deflation was 10.7 percent and real interest rate was 11.49 percent. The U.S. government sponsored a Mexican Repatriation program which was intended to encourage people to voluntarily move to Mexico, but thousands, including many U.S. citizens, were deported against their will. Altogether about 400,000 Mexicans were repatriated. New York social workers reported that 25% of all schoolchildren were malnourished. In the mining counties of West Virginia, Illinois, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, the proportion of malnourished children was perhaps as high as 90%. Many people became ill with diseases such as tuberculosis (TB). The 1930 U.S. Census determined the U.S. population to be 122,775,046. About 40% of the population was under 20 years old. Suicide rates increased; however, life expectancy increased from about 57 years in 1929 to 63 in 1933. See also Causes of the Great Depression New Deal coalition Entertainment during the Great Depression Great Contraction Penny auction (foreclosure) Timeline of the Great Depression Ham and Eggs Movement, California pension plan, 1938–40 Great Depression in Washington State Project General: List of recessions in the United States References Further reading Bernanke, Ben. Essays on the Great Depression (Princeton University Press, 2000) (Chapter One – "The Macroeconomics of the Great Depression" online) Best, Gary Dean. Pride, Prejudice, and Politics: Roosevelt Versus Recovery, 1933–1938 (1991) , a conservative viewpoint [https://archive.org/details/prideprejudicepo0000best online[ Best, Gary Dean. The Nickel and Dime Decade: American Popular Culture during the 1930s.