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Boasting of having the highest per capita income among all the major ethnic groups, more than 8% of the nearly three million Indian Americans are living below the poverty line in the US, a latest Census report revealed on Wednesday. HT Image According to the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, 42.7 million people in the United States had income below the poverty level. The national pove stanley cup rty rate is 14.7%. With 8.2% of poverty rate, Indian Americans are far less poor than other ethnic groups and the national average, the Census Bureau report said. The Japanese Americans too have a 8.2 stanley cup % poverty rate. For the Asian population, poverty rates were higher for Vietnamese 14.7% and Koreans 15.0% , but the Filipinos have the lowest poverty rate of 5.8%. Poverty rates for Vietnamese and Koreans were not statis tically different from each other. According to the report, for Asians, nine states had poverty rates below 10% Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire stanley cup , New Jersey, Virginia and South Carolina . Among Hispanics, national poverty rates ranged from a low of 16.2% for Cubans to a high of 26.3% for Dominicans. In its report, the Census Bureau said two race groups had poverty rates more than 10%age points higher than the national rate of 14.3%: American Indian and Alaska Native 27.0% and African-American 25.8% . Rates were above the overall national average for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 17.6% , while poverty rates for peop Lbln At least five dead after tornadoes rip through US South
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had a massive lead in Indonesia s elections as voting booths closed around the country, according to an exit poll broadcast on national stanley cup television. HT Image The count by MetroTV gave the liberal ex-general 50.48 per cent of the vote, compared to 19.48 for opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri and 15.19 per cent for outgoing Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Another quick count poll broadcast by TV One gave Yudhoyono 53.87 per cent of the vote, with Megawati third on 20.74 and Kalla on 25.79. Final official results are not expected for several days but based on the unofficial figures Yudhoyono will be hoping to avoid a second-round run-off in September. Some 170 million people were eligible to vote in only the country s second direct presidential election since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship in 1998. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Election Live, politics,crime, and national affairs. stanley cup News / World News / Yudhoyono takes massive lead in I mizuno ndonesia election: exit poll .freemium-card h4color: fff; padding-bottom:20px; .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxtpadding-bottom:16px; color: fff; .freemium-card .freemium-contentwidth: auto; max-width: inherit; .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxtmax-width:inherit; font-size:18px; padding-top:0; line-height:24px .freemium-card .btnS |
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