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Taking a step off the Marquette campus, students will quickly realize that Milwaukee is struggling from poverty, hunger and many other related issues. Milwaukee has been named the 4th poorest nation in the United States with 29.5% of the city lying under the poverty level; this includes nearly half of the city’s children struggling to be provided with three meals a day. Other recent numbers regarding the concerning condition of Milwaukee include:

The estimated annual cost of domestic hunger in the US is $167.5 Billion

• 15% of Americans are living in poverty
  
• 13% of Wisconsin residents live in poverty
  
• 1 out of 3 residents in the city of Milwaukee are living in poverty
  
• 1 out of 2 children living in the city of Milwaukee are living in poverty
  
• $22,350 or less is the annual income for a family of four living in poverty
  
• $125.70 is the minimum cost to feed a family of four for a week
  
• 20.1% of Wisconsin families with children experience food hardships
  
• Food hardships: when people struggle to provide enough food for their families
  
• 31, 167 is the average daily participation in the Milwaukee Public School breakfast program
• 80% of MPS students qualify for Free or Reduced-Price meals

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