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David Kim
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Date Posted: 23:49:34 04/27/04 Tue
The source I decided to write about is from the U.S Bureau of the Census. According to U.S Bureau of the Census, measuring poverty as a population is a difficult thing to do because there are no exact method to do so, however you can measure poverty for different ethnic groups. In 1980s – 1990s, the poverty rate for all Blacks and Hispanics were near 30 percent. But starting in the fall of 2000, that number began dropped to 21 percent. Over time, United States has improved greatly in the rising problem of its poverty rate. In 1950s, the overall poverty rate for individuals was 22 percent, representing 40 million people. In the year 2002, the overall poverty rate in the U.S was 12.1 percent or roughly 34.6 million people. Percentage wise, the number is significantly decreased but as you can see, the difference in general population is only about 5.4 million people. The reason for this is because United States has increased significantly in population during those 50 years. And because there are many people currently residing in United States, obviously there will be more people living in poverty also. Regions can determine which part of U.S tends to live in poverty more than others. For example, the southern states such as Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Mexico had poverty rates of 17 percent or higher. However, states such as Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maryland had the lowest poverty rates among the states with below 8 percent.
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