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.
Childhood poverty is a big problem for states that are among the poorest. Many have a child poverty rate around 25 percent. Even more grim is that in 2012, 46.5 million U.S. citizens lived below the poverty line, slightly more than in 2011. That's 15 percent of the country. Click ahead to see which 10 states are the poorest, by median household income.