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U.S. Median Household Income Increases Modestly, Census Figures Show

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August 27, 2008

America's poverty rate remained flat, but the median household income reached $50,233 in 2007, a modest increase of 1.3 percent from 2006 after adjusting for inflation, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Tuesday.

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