If youâre creative and imaginative, a degree in art could be just what youâre looking for to express yourself. Art may not be a vocational subject â that is, one that leads to a specific career â but this doesnât mean it wonât be a good preparation for the world of work.
â. also summarizes an updated report by the US Census Bureau that 1 in 7 people in the US are in poverty. In 2009, 43.6 million people â 14.6 percent of the population-were living in poverty in the U.S., up from 13.2 percent of the population in 2008.
In 2014, the overall poverty rate was 15%. Approximately 12% of all families in the United States were in poverty. Poverty rates by type of family ranged from 6% to 31%. The poverty rates by type of family were: 6% of married couple families were poor; 16% of families with male householder, no wife present were poor