claim: "there are more than 46 million americans living in poverty today -- the largest number in 54 years."
author: kirk cox
evidence_1: may 22, 2018 ... as a result, a somewhat smaller share of americans now live in rural counties (14 % vs. ... population estimates for 2017 show a one-year uptick in the nation's rural  ... about 46 million americans live in the nation's rural counties, 175 million in its  ... on top of that, they had 12.1 million more births than deaths.
evidence_2: past fifteen years reaching 244 million in 2015, up ... northern america hosted  the third largest number of ... in today's increasingly interconnected world,  international migration has ... at the same time conflict, poverty, inequality and  lack of .... high-income countries host more than two thirds of all international  migrants.
evidence_3: dec 17, 2015 ... as a result of these changes, there is no longer one dominant family ... for  example, one study found that over a three-year period, about three-in-ten (31%)  children younger than 6 ... however, less than half—46%—are living with two  parents who are ... the majority – 54% – are living with a single parent.
evidence_4: sep 16, 2018 ... approximately 76.4 million or 44.4% of americans won't pay any ... pay more in  payroll taxes every year than they pay in federal income taxes,” ... child tax  credit — that are greater than the amount federal income tax owed, ... don't miss:  under trump's tax law, you now have a year to avoid a nasty divorce.
evidence_5: population estimates and projections. issued may 2010. p25-1138. current.  population ... older is projected to be 88.5 million, more than .... old-age  dependency = (population aged 65 years and over ... 2050. 2040. 2030. 2020.  2010. 22. 28. 35. 37. 37. 67. 74. 83. 85. 85. 45. 46. 48. 48 ... more than 14 percent  of the older.