46.2 million people in the U.S. live below the poverty level (poverty level for a family of four defined at $22,314) - this is the highest level of people living in poverty in the U.S. since record keeping began more than a half-century ago

 An astounding 22 percent of children under the age of 18 live in poverty in the United States 

31.6 percent of households living in poverty are headed by single women with children

The state of Kentucky has the 4th highest poverty rate in the nation, at 16.3 percent of its population