Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs (VIDEO):

Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs (VIDEO)

First Posted: 11/29/11 12:55 PM ET Updated: 11/29/11 01:14 PM ET

More than 16 million children now live in poverty in the United States, the highest number since 1962. In all, 19.8 percent of school children were living in poverty in 2010, and childhood poverty rates increased significantly in one of every five U.S. counties between 2007 and 2010, according to a Census Bureau report released today.

And in places like Seminole County, Fla., where the construction industry crumbled during the recession, more than 1,100 homeless students traverse the public schools.

In a heart-wrenching follow-up to a report from eight months ago on the newly homeless in Florida, CBS's 60 Minutes aired a report Sunday that profiles the