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Authors:
Eva DeLuna Castro /(512) 320-0222 x 103
Lynsey Kluever /(512) 320-0222 x 112

August 29, 2006

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Today the U.S. Census released its latest numbers which find that for another year, Texas ranks towards the bottom in overall poverty, child poverty, elderly poverty, uninsured Texans, and the percent of people who receive cash assistance.