Suburban Poverty in the US

Posted on August 9, 2013 by admin

• Suburban poverty on the rise, By Susan Davis, August 9, 2013, USA Today: “Metropolitan suburbs have seen the largest and fastest-growing poverty rates in America over the past decade, according to a study released this week by the Brookings Institution. The new geographic reality means that federal policies geared towards rural poverty ‘are no longer well matched’ to the nation’s needs, with poverty affecting nearly as many residents in Republican congressional districts as Democratic districts…”
• Number in poverty growing in suburbs, By Richard M. Barron, August 9, 2013, Winston-Salem Journal: “Poverty has moved to the suburbs. And North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District leads the nation, according to a report issued Thursday by the Brookings Institution, a public policy research group in Washington…”