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.
[See 10 Ways to Give Your Money a Makeover.] Understanding poverty, the middle class, and the upper class. According to the Census Bureau, 46.2 million peopleâabout 15 percent of the U.S. populationâcurrently live below the poverty line, or the income level needed to make a bare-essentials living in the United States.