The U.S. Census Bureau uses money income thresholds to define poverty. For example, in 2013 the poverty threshold for a family of four with two children was $23,264. The bar graph represents the number of people living in poverty in the United States in 2013, by ethnicity.

(a) How many whites were living in poverty in 2013?
(b) Of the impoverished, what percent were Hispanic?
(c) How might this graph be misleading?

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Number in Poverty 29,936 30,000 25,000 - 20,000 15,000 12,745 11,041 10,000 5000 - 1974 0+ Hispanic Ethnicity White Black Asian Frequency (thousands)