Number of Young People Facing Poverty Has Increased Over Last Decade

By Will Kane, Berkeley News

The number of young adults who fall at or below the federal poverty line has risen in the last 10 years, according to a new issue brief from the Berkeley Institute for the Future of Young Americans, a research center at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.

The paper, released Wednesday, reveals that the number of young people between 18 and 24 years old who live in poverty has increased over the last decade, with almost 24 percent of 21-year-olds falling below the federal poverty line.

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