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More than 760K Tennesseans living in poverty, new census data estimates

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An estimated 762,000 Tennesseans lived in poverty last year, about 46,000 more than the year prior, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

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    An estimated 762,000 Tennesseans lived in poverty last year, about 46,000 more than the year prior, according to new U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

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