Poverty in Indiana hit 12.2% in 2005

The Indianapolis Star

The number of Hoosiers living in poverty grew 13 percent, to more than 740,000, from 2004 to 2005, new census figures show.

More than 260,000 Hoosier children live below the poverty level.

Indiana's poverty rate for 2005 was 12.2 percent, an increase of more than 88,000 people and the third straight annual increase, according to the data released this week.

The state rate for 2005 remained slightly lower than the national average of 12.6 percent. The national rate was unchanged from 2004 to 2005.

Read more on the poverty rate at the Courier - Journal.