Rate of Hispanic poverty in America has fallen to a record low 18.3% - and the overall rate of poor Americans has declined three years in a row, new Census data reveals

Hispanics account for 18.3% of the population and 18.3% of them live in poverty

The 1.1% year-on-year decrease in their rate poverty of in 2017 was also the largest single decline that the U.S. Hispanic population has ever experienced

The rate of poverty among all Americans declined slightly in 2017 to 12.3%, the third year in a row that the numbers have gone down, Census data shows

Hispanic households also saw their median household income increase 3.7% to $50,486 in 2017, the third year in a row that the population saw a rise in pay

The rate of poverty among Hispanic people fell to 18.3 percent in 2017 – the lowest number since government officials started tracking the data in 1972, according to new U.S. Census data.

The year-on-year decrease of 1.1 percent in 2017 was also the largest single decline that the Hispanic population - of all races - has ever experienced.

The rate of poverty among all Americans declined slightly in 2017 to 12.3 percent, the third year in a row that the numbers have gone down, though Census officials said the year-on-year decline wasn't statistically significant.

One of the major factors driving the shift is the decrease in immigration from Latin America – and particularly Mexico – over the past decade, said Tomás Jiménez, an associate professor of sociology at Stanford University.

'Now the majority of the growth of the Hispanic population is coming from the U.S.-born population, and the U.S.-born population is … exhibiting signs of assimilation, and that's reflected in economic indicators,' Jiménez told DailyMail.com. 'They are doing better than their parents.'

His own research is finding another related trend is changing: as recently as 2009, 24 percent of people of Mexican descent in the U.S. were in the country illegally. By 2016 that number had fallen to 15 percent, Jiménez said.

That's had a tremendous impact on the overall financial well-being of that population, he added.

While fewer Hispanics are now considered poor, they continue to be disproportionately impoverished given how much of the overall population they represent.

Meanwhile, poverty rates for Hispanic females, native-born Hispanics and those living outside of the Western U.S. did not change significantly in 2017 compared to 2016.

Overall, 12.3 percent of Americans were living in poverty in 2017, down from 12.7 percent in 2016 – and representing a 2.5 percentage point decrease since 2015's rate of 13.5.

It's the longest stretch of declines in the overall poverty rate since the four-year period from 1997-2000.

The national poverty rate was 22.4 percent in 1959, the year the measure was established.

In the 10 years that followed, poverty rates moved steadily downward – dropping 10.3 percentage points – until a recession in 1969.

Since then, the rate has fluctuated up and down between a low of 11.1 in 1972 and a high of 15.2 in 1983.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6762033/Rate-Hispanic-poverty-America-fell-record-low-18-3-overall-poor-Americans-declined.html

EXCLUSIVE: Renowned artist is burned by Ellen DeGeneres' wildlife charity after he spent months making a $50K sculpture he was asked to create and donate to its fundraiser, only to be blown off when the piece was done

Daniel Mazzone, once dubbed 'the next Andy Warhol', says the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund asked him to create a custom sculpture last May

The animal-loving artist says he worked for months on the $50,000 piece, putting his paid work on hold to create it for the charity's 2019 gala

He says he was in regular contact with charity staff, who saw pictures of the bunny art work as it progressed

But when he tried to give her team the finished product, Mazzone claims, the charity 'pretended they never asked for any of it', and refused to accept his gift

A source said: 'Daniel was extremely disheartened when he heard the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund changed its mind when all was said and done'

In a letter sent to DeGeneres and her charity, and obtained by DailyMailTV, Mazzone expresses his disappointment at the way he's been treated

Another source added: 'Frankly, he's a bit baffled. They asked him to donate a sculpture…Then when it was done, they pretended that they never asked for it'

A renowned artist has been left crushed by Ellen DeGeneres' charity after it asked him to create and donate a sculpture worth $50,000 to its fundraiser, only to snub him when the piece was finished.

Daniel Mazzone, once dubbed 'the next Andy Warhol', is an artist favored by celebrities including baseball stars José Bautista and Marcus Stroman, whose works regularly sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

In a letter to DeGeneres and her charity, which was obtained by DailyMailTV, the Canadian artist and sculptor claims a rep from the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund asked him last May to make a customized sculpture from his YUME collection that the charity could auction off at its 2019 gala to raise money for its cause.

The animal-loving artist says that he worked for months on the piece, putting his paid work on hold to create it.

He says he was in regular contact with charity staff, who saw pictures of the bunny art work as it progressed.

But when he tried to hand over the finished product, Mazzone claims, the charity 'pretended that they never asked for any of it', and refused to accept his gift.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6761663/Renowned-artist-burned-Ellen-DeGeneres-wildlife-charity-50K-sculpture.html

>>5458019

bono's lair? kek

does anyone the pic of Trump looking with disgust at Hillary laughing?, plain without meme writing on it?

From the Al Smith dinner i think

>>5458205

nm i finally found one.