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Most college students may be poor (is that true though?) but most poor people aren't college students. That this is the main way we think of poverty on this site is a reflection of who is here and our experiences. But it's not representative of how poverty is experienced broadly in the US.

>>giraff+(OP)
If you don’t have any support from your parents and are working a minimum wage job then I’m pretty sure you are poor.

>>irrati+KZ
Do most college students have no support from parents and work minimum wage jobs?

>>pseuda+4l1
Hard to say. All I have is anecdotal evidence. That does describe myself and all my friends in college.

>>irrati+jJ1
How America Pays for College 2022 by Sallie Mae and Ipsos said 73% of students had support from parents.