Children used to be the most impoverished because, they, of course, didn't have the income to support an independent lifestyle. Now, even workers with a monthly paycheck have to rely on food stamps.
Working-age people have become the poor in America. A story from the Associated Press reports the age 18-64 share of poor now stands at 56.7 percent, compared to 35.5 percent who are children and 7.9 percent who are 65 and older.
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