Posted on 08/04/2014 7:14:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Poverty is stuck at record levels in America, and it's spreading in neighborhoods that are already blighted and impoverished, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution.
So-called concentrated poverty spurs high crime rates and can worsen health, schools, and housing conditions, according to Brookings. While poverty was once viewed as an urban problem, more and more of America's poor live in the suburbs.
The Brookings report analyzes the poverty levels in metro areas and their distressed neighborhoods, examining the change between 2000 and the period of 2008-2012, which includes an average from a five-year Census estimate and shows the effect of the recession.
Brookings looked at the change in poverty levels in neighborhoods described as distressed, where at least 40% of the population lives under the poverty line, and high-poverty, where at least 20% of the population is impoverished.
To get an idea of which U.S. cities have the fastest-growing rates of concentrated poverty, we ranked metro areas based on the change in poor population in tracts with poverty rates 20% or higher. We also included the change in poor population for the entire metro area. (Metro areas include both cities and their suburban outskirts.)
For the year 2013, the Census set the poverty level at $12,119 for a single person under the age of 65 and $24,028 for a family of four.
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This makes me wonder about the tax structures in the expanding neighborhoods, versus those in the high poverty declining neighborhoods in other cities.
As one example, Memphis has high poverty but not a lot of population growth, especially in the high poverty tracts. I haven’t researched this, but my hunch tells me that much of Memphis’ poverty is being exported across the border to North Mississippi, where vehicles are registered based upon their value and there is a state income tax with commensurately lower sales taxes (all in contrast to the tax situation in Memphis).
I know, lets import the entire third world here.
That’ll fix it.
Which party controls these 15 cities? I’d guess but I think I already know the answer.
Good grief!
Too bad I can’t “un-see” that!
Under obama? This is impossible. Havent you heard? We’re in a recovery! /s
....” more and more of America’s poor live in the suburbs”....
That’s because they ship them out from the cities with the idea their lives will be better...but they don’t adapt to us...they take down the neighborhoods.
“...Denver has experienced a surge of poverty in its suburbs in recent years.”
4 years ago I visited the block I left 10 years ago.
It was very depressing, as I’d bought it new in 1985, and it was in very desirable neighborhood.
The list:
15. Salt Lake City, UT
14. Atlanta, GA
13. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
12. Orlando, FL
11. Cape Coral, FL
10. Greenville, SC
9. Winston-Salem, NC
8. Scranton, PA
7. Grand Rapids, MI
6. Greensboro-High Point, NC
5. Portland, OR-Vancouver, WA
4. Charlotte, NC
3. Raleigh, NC
2. Colorado Springs, CO
1. Boise, ID
Statements such as “A local news report attributed the high poverty in Forsyth to a large wealth gap in the county” really make me wonder about the validity of these kinds of reports.
Do not trust ANYTHING Brookings Institute publishes.
Big-time LIEberal flackhouse!
Very surprised to see Greenville on that list.
I thought there were many manufacturing jobs moving into the area creating quite a few jobs.
Kinda laughing about Portland, Oregon.
An odd comment. CC is essentially all one suburb.
Uhhh.
Colorado’s Dem leadership has certainly done a great job! We have two cities in the top 15!
Not exactly on solid ground.
LOL. They must have used Google Maps.
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