AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Fewer Mainers were living in poverty in 2013 compared to the year before, but family income dropped as well, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.
The number of Mainers living in poverty declined 0.7 percent, from 189,786 to 180,639, according to the American Community Survey that polled people between January and December 2013. Maine’s median household income dropped 0.8 percent, from $47,330 to $46,974, the report said.
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