Despite Growth, 45 Million Americans Live Below Poverty Line
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A child sits on a stoop in a working class section of Utica on May 14, 2012 in Utica, New York. The city's individual poverty rate is twice the national average with an unemployment rate of 9.8%.
( Spencer Platt / Getty )
( Spencer Platt / Getty )
Produced by Kaitlin Roberts