Brookings: Poverty and Income in 2007 – A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean

Follow up to August 27, 2008 posting on new Census Bureau and income data, and New York has the highest poverty rate of all northern states, from Brookings, Poverty and Income in 2007: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean

  • “First, poverty as I’m sure you already know did not increase significantly overall but children’s poverty did increase and for those of us here at Brookings who study poverty, that probably is at least as important if not more important than the overall poverty — that children’s poverty we’re really concerned about and it did increase significantly this year so that’s an important part of this study. So children’s poverty is up.”
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