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2007 Chicago Area Snapshot on Poverty

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Over one third of Illinoisans in poverty are children, disparities in income and wealth are widening, young adults face significant obstacles to economic success, and hundreds of thousands of Illinoisans live in extreme poverty, with incomes below half the poverty line.


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