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The County In Every State With the Worst Poverty Rate

24/7 Wall St. identified the county or county equivalent with the greatest poverty rate in each state by using ... at the American cities hit hardest by extreme poverty.) A lack of economic ... read more

Michigan household income drops, poverty rates hold in census release

The child poverty rate was also flat at 18%. Poverty rates increased in Detroit, Flint, Westland and Wayne County, but decreased in Rochester Hills, Clinton Township, Shelby Township and Macomb ... read more

These Cities Have the Highest Murder Rates in America

For much of the last four decades, rates of deadly violence have been trending downward in the United States. Between the early 1990s and the mid-2010s, the U.S. murder rate fell by more than 50% — ... read more

Residents of Montgomery County express thoughts on proposed increase tax rate

One resident described frustration with the new proposal, “The poverty rate for Montgomery County is 27.6%. So that means close to [25%] of people in our county out of 100 live in poverty ... read more

Michigan poverty map identifies regions in need across the state

University of Michigan research initiative Poverty Solutions released an updated version of their Michigan Poverty and Well-being Map. read more

Chester County organizations to host ‘poverty simulation’

Kennett Area Community Service (KACS) and the Chester County Partnership to End Homelessness are hosting a role-playing event where community members “experience” the challenges of living paycheck to ... read more

Low Poverty Rate

This metric relies on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, which determines poverty rates by calculating the share of people in a state whose family or individual income falls below poverty thresholds. read more

The Decline of Extreme Poverty

One of the foremost accomplishments of the industrial age is the “immense progress against extreme poverty.” “Extreme poverty” is defined by the World ... read more

Four Montgomery schools lose Title I money after change in poverty metric

Viers Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md., is one of four Montgomery County schools losing its Title I status. (Nicole Asbury/The Washington Post) Nine-year-old Leo Kennedy used to ... read more

30 Countries With Extreme Poverty

As reported by the World Bank, 2 billion people were living in extreme poverty in 1990, and from 1990 to 2019, the number was reduced to around 700 million. While poverty is decreasing on a global ... read more

A third of Asian Americans who live in poverty have college degrees. What’s going on?

A large wealth gap persists among Asian-origin groups in the U.S.: Burmese, Hmong and Mongolian people have the highest poverty rates among Asian Americans, at 19%, 17% and 16%, respectively ... read more

Adults in extreme poverty in LMICs have conditions, can lead to heart disease: Study

"Understanding how an assumption of low prevalence of CVD risk factors among those in extreme poverty holds true is important for setting priorities within health policy and care delivery ... read more