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Five years in a national economic recovery, the share of Americans living in poverty, subsequently dropped.

The nation was the poverty rate from 12.3 per cent in 2006, against 12.6 percent the previous year, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The median household income rose slightly, up to $ 48200th

The result is individual fell for men and women in 2006, but more members of each household, worked, which contributes to the overall increase in households, said David Johnson, Chief of the Census Bureau’s Housing and Budget Economic Statistics Division .

The economic figures some good news at a time when financial markets were rattled by a slumping housing market. But it was tempered by an increase in the number of Americans without health insurance, from 44.8 million in 2005 to 47 million last year.

Some supporters were the stated evidence of an economy rugged, even after many Americans.

“Too many Americans are still stuck in the deep hole dug by economic policy in favour of the rich,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel, DN.Y., said in a statement. “The result is still lower than six years ago, poverty is higher and the number of Americans without health insurance continues to grow.”

Douglas Besharov, a scholar residing in the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said there is much good news in the figures.

“We are looking for in a situation where unemployment has fallen, and it was for mothers raising alone represent a significant proportion of people living in poverty,” said Besharov. “We need a good economy. This is not what we need, but we should not complain if it helps decrease poverty.

The last significant decline in the poverty rate was during the years 2000, while the Clinton administration terminal, while an increase of 11.9 per cent to 11.3 per cent.

The poverty rate has increased every year for the next four years, with a peak of 12.7 per cent in 2004. It was 12.6 per cent in 2005, but Census officials said the change was statistically insignificant.

“If we keep taxes low, under the control of expenditure and our open economy _ conditions, companies the ability to create new jobs _ all Americans,” said President Bush in a statement.

The poverty line is the official measure used to determine the eligibility of the Federal Institute of health, housing, food and allocation of childcare. It differs by family size and make-up. For a family of four with two children, for example, the poverty level of $ 20444th

The poverty rate _ the proportion of the population live below the poverty _ help shape the debate on the economic health of the nation.

Democrats on Capitol Hill, said the insurance figures justify more money to spend for a popular government program of health insurance for children.

Both houses of Congress recently, invoices considerably the resources devoted to the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as schip. The Bush administration is opposed to these two measures, saying they would be left in private insurance for public procurement apply to all children.

The proportion of Americans without health insurance hit 15.8 percent last year, the highest percentage since 1998. During 2005, 15.3% were uninsured.

The annual increase was fueled in particular by reducing the proportion of workers by employers, provided that health insurance, said Johnson.

The benefit of the group with most people lose their life insurance household, $ 75000 or more per year, which show that the problem is not confined to the poor.

Bush said that the growing number of people without health insurance is a major challenge. “With more favourable and costs of health insurance is the best way for this long-term trend,” said Bush.

Several Democrats running, “said the chairman of numbers indicate weaknesses in the national health system.