According to the official U.S.threshold,35 percent of Americans live in poverty.
The Census Bureau counted over 38 million Americans as "poor" in 2008 according to the official U.S.thresholds (as adjusted for family size).This was one out of eight U.S.households,for a poverty rate of roughly 12.5 percent.

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The first sentence is false as the official U.S. threshold for poverty is not 35 percent. The second sentence is true as the Census Bureau did count over 38 million Americans as "poor" in 2008, making up roughly 12.5 percent of U.S. households.

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