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Grandparents as Caregivers |
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White - Asian |
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An Aging Population |
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POVERTY
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Nationally, 12.4 percent of residents are considered to be in poverty. “In Poverty” means that a given person falls below the poverty threshold assigned by the U.S. Census Bureau. Please see our chart topic on Poverty
for a discussion of poverty thresholds.
Examination of the map shows, however, that this 12.4 percent is a misleading representation of poverty status across the United States. Poverty is considerably more prevalent in the southern states. In a clear majority of counties in the South, the proportion of persons in poverty is higher than the national rate.
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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