As Economy Struggles, Disparity Of Wealth Becomes More Glaring
September 26, 2011 11:18 AM 
BRIDGEPORT, CT – SEPTEMBER 18: A man walks through a grocery store in a poor section of town on September 18, 2011 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Despite some of the poorest cities in the country, Connecticut has the third highest average median income at $64,644 in America. In Bridgeport, the largest city in Connecticut, the poverty rate as of 2009 was 21.1%. Nationally the Census data shows that the numbers of the poor have risen to a record 46.2 million — amounting to nearly 1 in 6 Americans. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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